Modify marks or notes in drawings

Tekla Structures
2023
Tekla Structures

Modify marks or notes in drawings

You can modify the properties of the marks and notes in an open drawing. You can modify the marks that were created automatically when you created the drawing as well as the marks and notes that you have manually added in existing drawings.

  1. To modify the properties of a single mark or note, click it in an open drawing. If the property pane is not open, double-click the mark or note.

    To modify the properties of several marks or associative notes, do one of the following:

    • Hold down Shift and click the marks or notes that you want to modify.

    • Activate the Select drawing marks selection switch, right-click and select Select part marks and From current drawing view or From all drawing views.

    • Activate the Select drawing marks selection switch and use area selection to select the needed marks or notes.

  2. Modify the mark or note contents and properties as required:

    If you have selected several marks or notes, the properties that have different values have the text Varies. You can select another value from the list.

    • (1) Click the Properties or Values button to show either the property name or the property value in the editor view. These buttons are available when you edit an existing mark or note.

      (2) The preview of the mark or note shows the elements that you have added, the selected representation, and the possible frames around the whole mark or around one or several mark elements.

      (3) Use the plus button to open the element list and select the elements to add in your mark or note container. The available elements depend on the type of the selected object. You can also search for elements.

      You can drag elements and containers in another position. To delete an element, click the red delete button in the upper-right corner of the element. You can also click the element, and press Delete on the keyboard.

      If your mark or note already contains the element, the element has a text In use.

      The available user-defined attributes, template attributes, and custom properties are listed for selecting. You can also type the name of a hidden user-defined attribute in the search box and press Enter to add it.

      For more information about the available elements, see "Mark elements in drawing marks".

      (4) The % button shows the current zoom level in the preview. You can zoom in or out by scrolling the middle mouse button. If you have zoomed in or out, you can return to the best fit by clicking the % button.

    For a detailed list of properties, see Mark properties in drawings.

  3. Click Modify to apply the changes in all selected marks or notes.

Delete unnecessary marks or notes

  • To delete an annotation object, select it and press Delete on the keyboard, or right-click and select Delete. You can also delete marks and notes by using Drawing content manager, where you can narrow your selection by selecting certain drawing views, areas or multiple annotation objects, and then delete those.

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