Callout Tab

The Callout tab in the Properties dialog box appears when you right-click one or several callouts and then select Properties. You can define a callout on a generated view using various geometry options, such as drawing continuous lines, mixed lines, open circles, circles with leaders and so on.

Note: Callouts represent an operation (auxiliary, section or detail) that has been performed on a generative view and consequently do not behave as geometry. As a result, you cannot isolate callouts, nor can you apply transformation or symmetry operations to callouts.

This tab contains controls for:



Important: The options you select in the Graphic Properties toolbar also influence the graphical attributes you apply to the selected callout (line color, line type, line weight, Copy Object Format icon, Pattern Chooser option).

Auxiliary/Section Views

Draws continuous line(s)
Draws auxiliary/section callouts using continuous lines.
Draws mixed line(s)
Draws auxiliary/section callouts using mixed lines.
Draws elbows and extremities only
Draws auxiliary/section callouts using elbows and extremities.
Draws one arrow only
Draws auxiliary/section callouts using one arrow.
Line thickness
Defines the thickness of the main line.
Line type
Defines the type of the main line.
Defines the thickness of the elbows and extremities.
Length
Defines the length of the elbows and extremities.
Anchor point
Sets the anchor point to the head or to the tail of the arrow.
Size not dependent on view scale
Specifies that the callout visualization size should not be dependent on the view scale.

Detail Views

Draws circle and leader
Draws detail callouts using a circle and a leader.
Draws open circle and arrows heads
Draws detail callouts using an open circle and arrows heads.
Draws open circle
Draws detail callouts using an open circle.
Thickness
Defines the thickness of the circle.
Type
Defines the type of the circle.
Arrow length
Defines the length of the arrows.
Head
Defines the arrow head type.
Length
Defines the arrow head length.
Angle
Defines the arrow head angle.