Project: HiCAD Sheet Metal

Text Position on Development

Sheet Metal > Further functions > Extras > Text position on development

Use this function to determine the position and direction of auxiliary texts on a sheet development. To evaluate the text position, you need to activate the Auxiliary text checkbox in the dialogue window for the sheet development parameters and choose the setting Positioning: Inside. If you select "Inside" but set no positioning symbol, the annotation will be placed as usual, i.e. HiCAD will search for a free space on the development.

In the catalogue you find the text position symbol in various sizes in the Text alignment symbol table at Factory standards > Symbols > Text alignment. If desired, you cann add your own sizes to this table.

The text position symbol is visible on the 3-D sheet, but invisible on the development on Layer 0.

The text position symbol is also considered for identical part search and referencing: Two sheets with different text position symbols are considered as "unequal".

1. First, activate the sheet flange you want to process.

2. Call the Text position on development function.

The Settings dialogue window ill be displayed (if you have not activated the Suppress window option beforehand).

3. Specify the required settings and confirm with OK.
4. If required, identify a processing surface, e.g. by selecting 2 edges or 2 points.

5. Choose the size of the text position from the catalogue.
6. Specify the insertion position.

The longest line of the auxiliary text will be placed centred on the intersection point of the cross.

Further Functions (3-D SM)