Notes

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A note can be free floating or fixed, and it can be placed with a leader pointing to an item (face, edge, or vertex) in the document. It can contain simple text, symbols, parametric text, and hyperlinks. The leader can be straight, bent, or multi-jog.

Some items about notes:

To set Note options for the current document, click Tools, Options, Document Properties, Notes.
You can insert hyperlinks in notes.
You can link notes to document, custom, or configuration-specific properties.
You can insert annotations in notes. When you insert an annotation into a note, you can either create a new one in the Note PropertyManager or select an existing annotation in the drawing.
When you edit a note that contains a variable, you can either show the variable name or show the contents of the variable. Click View, Annotation Link Variables to see the variable name.
You can resize the bounding box around a note by typing a note first, then resizing the bounding box, or vice versa.
When you drag existing text to align it with other text, the pointer changes to left alignment , center alignment , or right alignment depending on where you select the note. For example, if you select the leftmost side of a note, the pointer changes to left alignment.
You can press Tab at the beginning of a note to indent the note. However, this does not work in the middle of a note.
Bend notes are displayed in drawing views that contain flat patterns of sheet metal parts.
Empty notes, which appear on screen as: , do not appear in print previews or on printed pages.

To create notes:

Click Note on the Annotation toolbar, or click Insert, Annotations, Note.
Set options in the Note PropertyManager.
If the note has a leader, click to place the leader.
Click again to place the note, or click and drag a bounding box.

To create a bounding box:

Click and drag a bounding box before typing text.

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Click to place the note, then drag the handles to size the box as necessary.

Type the text.
Set options with the Formatting toolbar.

To automatically create a list without clicking Number on the Formatting toolbar:

Type the starting number or character for the list (for example, 1, a, A, i, I).
Type a period.
Type the text for the first line, then press Enter.

The list continues in sequential order.

Click in the graphics area outside the note to complete the note.
With the Note PropertyManager still open, repeat the steps above to create as many notes as necessary.

You can change text, properties, and formatting for each instance of the note.
To add multiple leaders, press Ctrl while dragging the note and before placing it. The note stops moving and a second leader appears. While still holding Ctrl, click to place the leader. Click as many times as necessary to place additional leaders. Release Ctrl and click to place the note.
To change the indenting of bulleted or numbered lists, right-click the note while in edit mode and select Bullets and Numbering.

Click OK .

To create stacked text:

Click Note on the Annotation toolbar, or click Insert, Annotations, Note.
Click in the graphics area to place the note.
Click Stack on the Formatting pop-up toolbar.
Set options in the Stack Note dialog box, then click OK.
Click OK .

To insert an annotation in a note from the Note PropertyManager:

Create or edit an existing note.
In the PropertyManager, under Text Format, click Insert Geometric Tolerance , Insert Surface Finish Symbol , or Insert Datum Feature .
Set the properties for the symbol selected, then click OK.
Click OK .

To edit the annotation, double-click the annotation and edit it in the PropertyManager or dialog box.

To insert an annotation in a note from a drawing:

Create or edit an existing note.
Select an existing annotation in the graphics area.
Click OK .

To edit the annotation, you must edit the existing annotation in the drawing sheet. You cannot edit annotations in notes if they were inserted from an existing annotation. When you edit the existing annotation, all instances of the annotation are updated in the sheet.

To edit note text:

Double-click the note and edit the text in place.

To edit note properties:

Select one or more notes and edit properties in the Note PropertyManager.

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Right-click one or more notes (hold down Ctrl while you select a group of notes) and select Properties.

You can add more leaders to an existing note by holding down Ctrl and dragging a leader attachment point.

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