Sectional and Detail Views: Further Functions (3-D)

The following functions for subsequent changes of annotations or captions of sectional and detail views are available:

• Edit view caption
• Move caption
• Move annotation

To activate these functions, right-click on the annotation or heading you want to change and select the required function.

Edit view caption

Edit view caption

To subsequently change the caption of a sectional/detail view, proceed as follows:

1. Right-click the caption you want to change.
2. Select the Edit view caption function.
3. Change the settings in the View caption dialogue window and exit the window with OK.

The dialogue window is largely operated in the same way as the dialogue window for annotations.

Like annotations, you can also compose view captions of various text blocks, which can in turn consists of various text elements. These can be database attributes, special characters, any alphanumerical texts, the section designation the scale or the angle.

• Attribute selection
  Use the selection box to choose drawing, project or document master attributes. Since sectional or detail views do not belong to particular parts, part and article master attributes will not be supported here.

• Designation
  
• Scale
  Scale of the sectional view. Will only be displayed if it is not 1:1.
• Arrowhead
  Will only be displayed if the rotation angle of the sectional view is not 0.
  
• Angle
  Will only be displayed if it is not 0.

Example of a view caption with section designation, scale, arrowhead and angle

Please note:

Move caption

Move caption

Captions of sectional views and detail views are automatically centred above the view. To move the caption. proceed as follows:

1. Place the cursor on the caption, press and hold down the left mouse button.
2. Drag the caption to the required position.

Alternatively, you can right-click the caption and select the Move caption function in the context menu.

Use the Position automatically function to switch to automatic centring again.

Move annotation

Move annotation

To move a caption of a sectional or detail view in the original view, proceed as follows:

1. Place the cursor on the annotation you want to change, then press and hold down the left mouse button.
2. Drag the annotation to the required position.

Alternatively, you can right-click the annotation and select the Move annotation in the context menu.

Special Views (3-D) • Sectional and Detail Views (3-D) • Views (3-D)