Making an Existing Annotation Associative
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This task explains how, at any time and once an annotation has been created, you can add a link between an annotation and another element. You can set text properties either before or after you create the text. |
Positional link |
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| Available for every annotation. | |
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Open the Brackets_views03.CATDrawing document. Create a text. |
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1. Click the Select icon  .
2. Select any part of the text (text itself, frame or leader). |
3. Right click and select Positional Link->Create from the contextual menu.
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Select the associated element and drag it in the drawing, the text follows
the element. |
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Delete existing associativity using the same dialog
but selecting the Delete option (Positional Link contextual menu).
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Orientation link |
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| This functionality is available for text, text with leader and roughness symbol. | |
| 7. Right click on the text and select Orientation Link->Create from the contextual menu. | |
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| 8. Select the element to which you want the text to be linked. | |
| 9. Select the linked element and modify its orientation, the text orientation is simultaneously modified. | |
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| Elements That Are Text Associative |
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| Annotations |
| text |
| datum feature |
| datum target |
| balloon |
| GD&T |
| roughness symbols |
| weld symbols |
| Dimensions |
| 2D elements |
| points |
| circles |
| ellipse |
| parabola |
| hyperbola |
| Generative Edges |
