
<!DOCTYPE html
  PUBLIC "html5" "about:legacy-compat">
<html xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
<meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2012"/>
<meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2012"/>
<meta name="DC.Type" content="task"/>
<meta name="DC.Title" content="Working with Annotations"/>
<meta name="abstract" content="Annotation commands let you add labels, callouts, links, and other annotations to your models."/>
<meta name="description" content="Annotation commands let you add labels, callouts, links, and other annotations to your models."/>
<meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="pyp-r-Properties-Annotation.htm#pyp-r-Properties-Annotation"/>
<meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="pyp-r-ui-Toolbars-Annotation.htm#pyp-r-ui-Toolbars-Annotation"/>
<meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="cps-c-ui-DialogBoxes-Text.htm#cps-c-ui-DialogBoxes-Text"/>
<meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML"/>
<meta name="DC.Identifier" content="cps-t-Actors-AnnotationsWork"/>
<meta name="DC.Language" content="en"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../DSDocXML.css"/>
<title xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">Working with Annotations</title>
<script xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" type="text/javascript" src="../DSDocHighlight.js">
  	/* */
  	</script></head>
<body onLoad="highlightSearchTerms();" id="cps-t-Actors-AnnotationsWork">
<a xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" name="hj-top"> </a><table xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" class="table1" id="table11"><tr><td><table class="DocHeader"><tr><td class="DocHeader1" colspan="2"><h1>Working with Annotations</h1></td></tr><tr><td class="DocHeader4" colspan="2"/></tr><tr><td class="DocHeader3"><table class="DocHeaderIntro" id="table12"><tr><td class="Intro1Only"><p class="header"><p class="abstract"><span class="shortdesc">Annotation commands let you add labels, callouts, links, and other annotations to your models.</span>

    
  </p>
<p>This task shows you how to:
					</p><ul><li><a href="#t-CreateaLabel" id="toc_rg" title="You can create a label linked to an actor.">Create a Label</a></li><li><a href="#t-CreateaLabelwithMultipleLinesofText" id="toc_rg" title="You can create a label containing multiple lines of text.">Create a Label with Multiple Lines of Text</a></li><li><a href="#t-CreateAnnotationswithSeveralLines" id="toc_rg" title="You can create multiple attach lines from an annotation.">Create Annotations with Several Lines</a></li></ul>
</p></td></tr></table></td><td class="DocHeader2"><table class="DocTopics" id="table13"><tr><td class="TopicsTitle">Related Topics</td></tr><tr><td><a href="pyp-r-Properties-Annotation.htm#pyp-r-Properties-Annotation" class="link" title="You can set annotation properties in the Properties pane.">Annotation Properties</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="pyp-r-ui-Toolbars-Annotation.htm#pyp-r-ui-Toolbars-Annotation" class="link" title="Annotation commands let you add labels to your model.">Annotation Toolbar</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="cps-c-ui-DialogBoxes-Text.htm#cps-c-ui-DialogBoxes-Text" class="link" title="The Text pane lets you specify tooltip text for geometry actors and text for collaborative actors such as labels and text 2D panels. You can also embed properties and meta-properties in your text.">Text Pane</a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

  

  

  

  <div class="related-links"/>

  <div class="topic task nested1" id="t-CreateaLabel">
    <h2 class="title topictitle2">Create a Label</h2>

    
    <div class="body taskbody"><p class="abstract"><span class="shortdesc">You can create a label linked to an actor.</span>

    	
    </p>

      <ol class="ol steps">
        <li class="stepexpand"><p class="li step">
          <span class="ph">In the <span class="ph uicontrol">Annotations</span> toolbar, click <span class="ph uicontrol">Label</span>.</span>
          
        <p> A text box is created.</p></p></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><p class="li step">Click the actor to which you want to link the text box.</p></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><p class="li step">Position the text box and click to validate.</p></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><p class="li step">You can create additional labels, or exit the creation mode if you're done.<ul class="ul choices"><li class="li choice">To create additional labels, repeat steps 2 and 3.</li>
<li class="li choice">To exit the label creation mode, press <span class="ph uicontrol">Escape</span>. </li>
</ul>
</p></li>

        
        
        
        
        
      </ol>

      
    </div>

  </div>
<div class="topic task nested1" id="t-CreateaLabelwithMultipleLinesofText">
    <p><map name="FPMap1"><area href="#hj-top" title="Back to Top" shape="rect" coords="416, 0, 435, 10"/></map><img border="0" src="../IconsReference/butix_top_wline.png" width="436" height="11" usemap="#FPMap1"/></p><h2 class="title topictitle2">Create a Label with Multiple Lines of Text</h2>

    
    <div class="body taskbody"><p class="abstract"><span class="shortdesc">You can create a label containing multiple lines of text.</span>

    	
    </p>

      <ol class="ol steps">
        <li class="stepexpand"><p class="li step">
          Create a label as explained above.
          
        </p></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><p class="li step">Click the label to select it, and choose either of the following methods:<ul class="ul choices"><li class="li choice">Click the label again to switch it to edit mode. Type your text, and press <span class="ph uicontrol">Ctrl+Enter</span> each time you want to create a new line.</li>
<li class="li choice">            In the Properties pane for the label, under 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Text</span>, set 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Text</span> to 
<span class="ph uicontrol">String</span>. Click in the 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Text string</span> property field, then click the ellipsis (...). 
          The 
<span class="keyword wintitle">Text</span> pane appears. Type your text, and press <span class="ph uicontrol">Enter</span> each time you want to create a new line.</li>
</ul>
</p></li>

        
        
        
        
        
      </ol>

      
    </div>

  </div>


  <div class="topic task nested1" id="t-CreateAnnotationswithSeveralLines">
    <p><map name="FPMap1"><area href="#hj-top" title="Back to Top" shape="rect" coords="416, 0, 435, 10"/></map><img border="0" src="../IconsReference/butix_top_wline.png" width="436" height="11" usemap="#FPMap1"/></p><h2 class="title topictitle2">Create Annotations with Several Lines</h2>

    
    <div class="body taskbody"><p class="abstract"><span class="shortdesc">You can create multiple attach lines from an annotation. </span>

      
    </p>

      <ol class="ol steps">
        <li class="stepexpand"><p class="li step">
          
            To add a line, drag a line from the annotation target 
<img class="image" src="../PypUserImages/AnnotationTarget.png"/> to the destination.
          
          
        <p><p>Note:
		You cannot undo the creation of a line. To remove a line, proceed as explained in the next step.</p>
</p></p></li>

        <li class="stepexpand"><p class="li step">
          
            To remove a line, drag the red anchor at the destination into the annotation target <img class="image" src="../PypUserImages/AnnotationTarget.png"/>. 
          
          
        </p></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><p class="li step">To attach an annotation to 2D panels, create one of the 2D panels before creating the annotation.</p></li>

      </ol>

      <p class="result">
        <table class="Remark" id="table132"><tr><td class="Remark"><span class="run-in">Important:
				</span> An annotation always has the same number of attach lines in all views. For example, creating a new attach line for a label in one view adds it to all views containing that label, and you must define what actor the line is attached to in each view. If you need different numbers of attach lines across views, create different annotations.</td></tr></table>

      </p>
    </div>

  </div>


</td></tr></table><script xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" type="text/javascript" src="../DSDocStats.js">/* */</script></body>
</html>