You can add several lines of text in a text object, and use word wrapping if you like. For the text, you can select the desired color, height, font, angle, frame, and leader line arrow type, and align the text as required. You can also modify the text and its properties after adding the text.

1. Open a drawing.
2. To create a single line or multiple lines of text, hold down Shift, and on the Annotations tab, click Text, and select one of the following commands:

   Text: Add text without a leader line at the position you pick.

   With leader line: Add text with a leader line at the position you pick.

   Along line: Add text along a line at the position you pick.

   Along line, arrow at end: Add text along a line at the position you pick. An arrow is inserted at the second position you pick.

   Along line, arrow at start: Add text along a line at the position you pick. An arrow is inserted at the first position you pick.

   You can also select Text in the property pane object list and modify the leader line setting in text properties.

3. You can load predefined text properties and search for properties:
   
4. Type the text in the Text box.
   You can add a line break by pressing Enter.
5. Modify the font color, type, height, frame type and frame color as required.
6. To wrap the words, set Word wrapping to Yes. You can then define the line length using the Ruler width option.
   When the word wrapping is activated, the text object gets a handle, which you can drag to make the text wider or narrower.
7. Add a frame around the text and select the frame color.
   To add a frame, select one of the following frame options:

   Rectangular

   Line

   Round

   Circle

   Diamond

   Hexagon

   Triangle

   Sharpened

8. In Background, select one of the following:

   Opaque hides the area in the drawing that is covered by the text:

   

   Transparent shows the area in the drawing that is covered by the text so that the linework is shown:

   

9. Select the leader line type and the leader line arrow type, height, and length.
   The leader line options are:
   No leader line

   Leader line

   Along line or leader line

   Along line

   Inside part along part

10. Adjust the placing settings:
    • Select one of the Alignment options: Left, Center, Right or Leader line.
    • In Rotation, change the rotation of the text.
    • To exactly place the text in the position you pick, and keep it there, set the Placing method button to Fixed.

      Free allows Tekla Structures to search for the first suitable location for the text.

    • In Position, define the areas where Tekla Structures searches for a position to place the text. This option can only be adjusted when Placing method is set to Free.

      

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      Distance s (search margin) is the empty margin that you want to leave around the text.

      Distance d min (minimum distance) is the minimum distance of the text from the part.

11. Pick the point where you want to place the text. Depending on the command, you have to pick one to three times.

    To add the same text again, continue picking. To stop adding texts, press Esc.

    By default, the text is aligned to the left. The line spacing is automatically adjusted by the font size that you select. You can also affect the line space by using the advanced option XS_​MARK_​LINE_​SPACE_​FACTOR.

    You can drag the associativity point of the text leader line freely after adding the text.