Managing View Texts

You can create a single view text in a view (Drafting, 2D Layout for 3D Design and 3D Functional Tolerancing & Annotation) or in a multi-plane section view (2D Layout for 3D Design and 3D Functional Tolerancing & Annotation). View texts visible in the background of a 2D layout view are generated in Drafting.

1. Right-click a view and select View Text.* object > Add View Text.

   Important: You can use the Add View Text command for a selection of multiple views. You cannot access this command if the selected view already contains a view text, or if the view is locked.

   The view text is filled according to the view it belongs to. The view text is always filled with:

   
   
   • First the name text
     
     • If it is not empty.
     • If the settings (standard version lower than V6R2011) or the standard (standard version greater or equal to V6R2011) specifies it must be added.
   • And then the scale text (except for 3D Functional Tolerancing & Annotation)
     
     • If it is not empty.
     • If the settings (standard version lower than V6R2011) or the standard (standard version greater or equal to V6R2011) specifies it must be added.

2. If the Text Editor appears, enter your view text.

   This reframes on the view's overall dimensions (including the view text).

   Note: You can modify the name of the view text feature displayed in the specification tree ("View Text.n") by right-clicking it and selecting Properties > Feature Properties.

When a view text is created, it is aligned in the view it belongs to according to the view text's alignment standard value and the view's overall dimensions. You can adjust the position of the view text anywhere in the view it belongs to. In addition, you can align a view text to predefined locations according to the view's overall dimensions.

Notes:

• If the view overall dimensions are empty, then the view text is positioned at the origin of the view.
• 2D elements in the view background are not taken into account to compute the view's overall dimensions.

1. Right-click the view text.

2. Perform either of the following operations:

   
   

   • Select View Text.* object > Alignment > Standard.

     The view text is aligned as per defined standards.

     Note: You can also use View Text Standard Alignment command available in the contextual menu of a drawing, a layout, an annotation set, sheets and views to align the view texts as per standards.

   • Select any one of the predefined locations from the contextual menu. Refer to View Text Definition for more information.

You can edit a view text as any other text (provided the view is not locked), by performing the following operations:

• Insert attribute links.
• Isolate view texts.

  Note: In this case, all attribute links are isolated (including Name Texts and Scale Texts).

• Edit properties of selected text to apply a text style, turn characters in bold, italic and change the color, for example. You can do this in the Properties dialog box or in the Properties toolbar.

  Note: Editing view text properties lets you edit view properties (view scale, view lock, view angle...) and vice versa.

• Delete the selected text.

1. Right-click the view text and select View Text.* object > Definition.

   The Text Editor appears.

2. Edit the view text.