Text Properties

The Text lets you modify font properties for Coordinates Dimension, Datum, Datum Target, Dimension, Flag Note, Geometrical Tolerance, Note Object Attribute, Roughness or Text.

Select this tab to access options for:

General



Frame
Defines the frame representation for the text.
Important:
  • For Coordinates Dimension, Rectangle is selected and is not modifiable.
  • For Datum, Square is selected and is not modifiable.
  • For Datum Target, Score Circle is selected and is not modifiable.
  • For Geometrical Tolerance, not relevant.
Color
Defines the color for the text.
Important:

This property is not relevant for Coordinates Dimension, Datum, Datum Target, Dimension and Geometrical Tolerance.

To change their color including the text, use Color property in the Font property for this features.

The Color property change only the Dimension value, not the dimension line. To change dimension line color use different color properties in the Dimension Line properties.

Thickness
Defines the thickness for the text.
Important:

This property is not relevant for Coordinates Dimension, Datum, Datum Target, Dimension and Geometrical Tolerance.

To change the dimension line thickness, use Thickness property in the Dimension Line properties for this features.

Line Type
Defines the line type for the text.
Important:

This property is not relevant for Coordinates Dimension, Datum, Datum Target, Dimension and Geometrical Tolerance.

Position



Anchor Point
Defines the anchor point for the text.
Important:

This property is not relevant for Datum and Datum Target.

Justification
Defines the justification for the text.
Important:

This property is not relevant for Coordinates Dimension, Datum, Datum Target, Dimension and Geometrical Tolerance.

X
Defines the x coordinate for the text.
Important:

This property is not relevant for Dimension.

Y
Defines the y coordinate for the text.
Important:

This property is not relevant for Dimension.

Anchor Mode
Defines the anchor mode for the text.
Important:

This property is not relevant for Datum Target and Dimension.

Line Spacing Mode
Defines the line spacing mode for the text.
Important:

This property is not relevant for Coordinates Dimension, Datum, Datum Target, Dimension and Geometrical Tolerance.

Line Spacing
Defines the line spacing for the text.
Important:

This property is not relevant for Coordinates Dimension, Datum, Datum Target, Dimension and Geometrical Tolerance.

Word wrap
Defines whether the text can be wrapped in a width you specify.
Important:

This property is not relevant for Coordinates Dimension, Datum, Datum Target, Dimension and Geometrical Tolerance.

Orientation



Reference
Defines the text orientation reference:
  • Sheet
  • View / 2D Component
Important:

This property is not relevant for Dimension.

Orientation
Defines the text orientation:
  • Horizontal
  • Vertical
  • Fixed Angle
Important:

This property is not relevant for Dimension.

Angle
Defines the text angle orientation.
Warning:

This property is only available with Fixed Angle property and is not relevant for Dimension..

Mirroring
Important:

This property is not relevant.

Options



Display Units
Defines whether a text containing parameters with units, displays these units.
Important:

This property is not relevant for Coordinates Dimension, Datum, Datum Target, Dimension and Geometrical Tolerance.

Apply Scale
Important:

This property is not relevant.

Back Field
Defines whether superscript and subscript texts are aligned above one another .
Important:

This property is not relevant for Coordinates Dimension, Datum, Datum Target, Dimension and Geometrical Tolerance.

Superscript
Increases or decreases the values for the superscript texts.

The Offset parameter specifies the distance of the superscript text from the base line according to the font size of the text.

The Size parameter specifies the size of the superscript text according to the font size of the text.

Subscript
Increases or decreases the values for the subscript texts.

The Offset parameter specifies the distance of the superscript text from the base line according to the font size of the text.

The Size parameter specifies the size of the superscript text according to the font size of the text.

Blank Background
Defines whether the text background should be blanked:
  • None: the text is not blanked.
  • Fill Area: the text is blanked.
  • Fill Area with Geometry: same as Fill Area.
Display
Defines the annotation display:
  • Show Value.
  • Show Box.
  • Hide Value.