Add marks, notes, and texts in drawings
You can add many kinds of annotation objects in your drawings, such as marks, notes, and texts. Some of these are associative and some independent.
Associative annotation objects
Marks and notes are associative annotation objects, which are updated according to the changes you make in a building object in the model.
In addition to the automatic marks that you already may have in a drawing, you can add annotation objects manually and modify their properties:
Add part marks manually in drawings
Add reinforcement marks manually in drawings
Add reinforcement marks with Rebar group marking application
Adjust mark visibility in an existing drawing
Add reinforcement ticks or reinforcement tags in drawings
Add and modify connection marks in drawings
Add and modify surface treatment marks in drawings
Add associative notes in drawings
Modify marks or notes in drawings
Update part and weld marks in drawings
Delete marks for selected parts
Check changed marks, notes, and dimensions and remove change symbols
Independent annotation objects
Texts, section marks, revision marks, and detail marks are independent annotation objects, which are not linked or connected to the Tekla Structures model in any way. Other examples of independent annotations objects: DWG/DXF files, symbols, various types of sketch objects, links, and hyperlinks.
Independent annotation objects will become associative if you snap to a building object when you create them, because then the objects 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 in a drawing, the line will get an associativity point and move with the part in the drawing if the part changes in the model.
You can add and modify texts, shapes, section marks, detail marks, DWG/DXF files, links, hyperlinks, revision marks, sketch objects, and symbols in an open drawing only.
Add and modify section marks in drawings
Add and modify detail marks in drawings
Add and modify text in drawings
Add revision marks in drawings
Add sketch objects in drawings
Leader lines
A leader line is a line that establishes a connection between an annotation object and a graphical representation of an item or a point in a drawing. The leader lines may differ between annotation objects, and the leader line type may affect the annotation location.
How leader line type affects part mark and surface treatment mark location
How leader line type affects reinforcement mark location
Adjust part mark leader lines with advanced options
Drag leader line associativity point
Place reinforcement mark leader line associativity point automatically