To Modify a Label or Flow Arrow

After placing a label in your drawing, you can apply a new style, change the spacing along the object, or change its appearance. Note that the software automatically updates a label attached to a pipe if the parent object is modified.

To modify a label using grips

1. Select a label to turn on the pipe grips.
   

2. Specify the change:

   If you want to…	then…
   add a label	click the add grip. Hold down Ctrl while clicking to add labels at even spacing.
   move a label	click the location grip, and move the label to a new location along the curve. Press Ctrl after clicking the location grip to offset the label from the curve.
   add labels spaced at a specific distance along a curve	click the Repeat Distance grip, and click along the curve to specify a distance from the beginning of the curve to the selected point. Labels are added along the curve, spaced at the specified distance.
   space multiple labels evenly along a curve	hold down Ctrl and click the Repeat Distance grip.

To modify a label from the ribbon or context menu

1. Select a label and do one of the following:

   If you want to…	then…
   add a label node	click Label tab General panel Add Selected drop-down New Label Node , and select a point on or near the object.
   remove a label node	click Label tab Modify panel Delete .
   offset a label node	click Label tabModify panelOffset, enter an offset distance, and press Enter. You can offset an individual label, or you can offset all labels in your drawing.
   rotate a label node	click Label tab Modify panel Rotate , select a rotation point, and enter a rotation value. You can rotate an individual label, or you can rotate all labels in your drawing.
   anchor the labelclick to a different object	click Label tab Modify panel Move To Object , and select the new object to which to anchor the label.

2. To change the label properties, select the label in the drawing, and then on the Design tab of the Properties palette under Dimensions, modify the layout method as follows:

   If you want to display the labels…	then select…
   one at a time	One by one
   evenly spaced along the curve	By distance, and enter a value for distance.
   with a repeated spacing value	By quantity, and enter a value for the number of labels.

3. Select a new label style.
   Note: The configuration of the label curve style determines whether labels that use the style are considered annotative (scaled accordingly when the annotation scale changes).