Placement properties for marks, notes, dimensions, texts, and symbols in drawings
Use the placing settings for annotation objects (dimensions, marks, notes, texts, and symbols) to control how the objects are placed in a drawing.
You can set automatic placing properties for dimensions and marks before you create a drawing. In an open drawing, you can define placing properties for annotation objects that you create manually, and modify the placing properties of the annotation objects that you already have in your drawing.
- In the property pane, select an annotation object in the object list. The placing properties are located in the Placing section of the annotation object properties.
- On the drawing and view level, open the annotation object properties first and then click the Place... button.
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Setting |
Description |
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| Placing | |
| Short dimensions |
Define the text location of short dimensions:
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Dimension line spacing |
Define the space between parallel dimension lines. In manually created dimensions, this setting works only if the Placing property is set to Free. |
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Alignment |
Select where you want to align the mark, text, or note: Left Center Right Leader line The Leader line option is available in following mark types: bolt marks, connection marks, part marks, neighbor part marks, pour object marks, reinforcement marks, neighbor reinforcement marks, merged reinforcement marks and surface treatment marks. |
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Rotation |
Define the mark rotation. |
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Placing method |
Free allowsTekla Structures to search for the first suitable location for the annotation object. This also affects the direction of the dimensions. Fixed allows you to place the annotation object in any location. When you use the option Fixed, the annotation object stays where it is even though you update the drawing, whereas with Free, Tekla Structures tries to find the optimal place for the annotation object. |
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Negative direction,Positive direction Direction (view level properties) |
Define the side of the dimensioned object on which Tekla Structures places the dimensions. This setting affects the Free setting. This setting is not available in GA drawing dimension properties. |
| Distance s Search margin (view and drawing level properties) |
 Define the empty margin that you want to have around the the annotation objects. Note that if you use a high Distance s value, the annotation object placement does not work properly. |
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Distance d min Minimum distance (view and drawing level properties) |
Define the minimum distance of the annotation object from the part. Note that if you specify a high Distance d min value, the annotation object placement does not work properly. |
| Distance d max Maximum distance (view and drawing level properties) |
Define the maximum distance of the annotation object from the part. |
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Position Quarter (view and drawing level properties) |
Define the areas where Tekla Structures searches for a position to place the annotation object.
This setting is available for marks, notes, and texts. Weld placement depends on the welding direction. Welds can only be placed in certain sectors, so this setting is not available for model weld marks. However, this option is available for manually added weld marks in the final drawing. |
The following image illustrates the Distance s, Distance d min, and Distance d max properties of a mark:
(1) Distance s
(2) Distance d min
(3) Distance d max