You can add many kinds of annotation objects in your drawings, such as marks, associative notes, texts, and links. Some of these are associative and some independent.
Associative objects update according to the changes made in a model object in the model. Dimensions, marks, and notes are associative.
In addition to the automatic marks and dimensions that you already may have in a drawing, you can add the ones listed below and modify their properties:
Add part marks manually in drawings
Add reinforcement marks manually in drawings
Add manual weld marks in drawings
Add level marks in drawings
Add associative notes in drawings
Add manual dimensions
Add manual dimensions to general arrangement drawings
Modify mark or note properties
Update part and weld marks in drawings
Change symbols in drawings
Merge marks
Drag the mark and associative note leader line base point
Customize leader line arrows
You can also delete marks for parts and reinforcement.
Independent annotation objects are not linked or connected to the Tekla Structures model in any way. Texts, DWG/DXF files, symbols, revision marks, links and hyperlinks are all independent annotation objects.
Independent objects will also become associative if you snap to a building object when you create them, because then they will get associativity points. For example, in texts, the content does not change when the model changes but the associativity point may change. Another example is a line: if you snap to a part edge when you create a line, the line will get an associativity point and move with the part if the part changes.
You can only add texts, DWG/DXF files, links, hyperlinks, revision marks and symbols in an open drawing, and modify the properties of the added ones:
Add text in drawings
Add links to rich text files in drawings
Add links to other drawings
Add hyperlinks in drawings
Add links to DWG and DXF files in drawings
Add revision marks in drawings
Modify the properties of independent annotation objects