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PanelborderColor#23bfdetitleAdd a Note . . .

Add a note to the 3D workspace to label or instruct future viewers of your ACT3D file. There are six types of notes to use.

  • 3D Point Note
  • 3D Edge Note
  • 3D Note
  • 2D Note
  • 3D Surface Note
  • Auto Note


3D Point Note

A 3D note is associated to a specific point on the model.

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titleTo Add a
3D Point Note
  1. Open the Notes menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Notes icon.
  2. Click 3D Vertex Note. Red dots designate available points on the model.
  3. Click the point you wish to label. Crosshairs indicate the point where the label will attach. 
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  4. When the label appears, drag it into position with your pointer.
  5. Click once to set the position of the label. A cursor will appear in the label.
  6. Type the text of your label and press Enter.
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If you want to add several of the same type of markup, you may select the Lock tool check box that appears when you select a markup command. This will allow you to keep adding the same type of markup to the scene until you click Stop


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3D Edge Note

A 3D note is associated to a specific edge on the model.

Add an edge note
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To Add a 3D Edge Note
  1. Open the Notes menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Notes icon.
  2. Click 3D Edge Note.
  3. Click the edge you wish to label. The edge is highlighted when the pointer is properly positioned. 
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  4. When the label appears, drag it into position with your pointer.
  5. Click once to set the position of the label. A cursor will appear in the label.
  6. Type the text of your label and press Enter.
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titleNote
If you want to add several of the same type of markup, you may select the Lock tool check box that appears when you select a markup command. This will allow you to keep adding the same type of markup to the scene until you click Stop.



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3D Note

A 3D note is placed anywhere in the 3D workspace.

Since 3D Notes exist in the 3D space, they rotate, zoom, and pan as you manipulate the view.

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titleTo Add a 3D
Note
  1. Open the Notes menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Notes icon.
  2. Click 3D Note. The label will appear.
  3. Drag the label into position with your pointer.
  4. Click once to set the position of the label. A cursor will appear in the label.
  5. Type the text of your label and press Enter.
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titleNote
If you want to add several of the same type of markup, you may select the Lock tool check box that appears when you select a markup command. This will allow you to keep adding the same type of markup to the scene until you click Stop.


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(model rotated - the note rotates with the model)

2D Note

A 2D note is placed anywhere within the camera's plane.

2D notes do not move as you manipulate the view of the 3D space (rotate, zoom, pan).

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titleTo Add a 2D
Note
  1. Open the Notes menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Notes icon.
  2. Click 2D Note. The label will appear.
  3. Drag the label into position with your pointer.
  4. Click once to set the position of the label. A cursor will appear in the label.
  5. Type the text of your label and press Enter.
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titleNote
If you want to add several of the same type of markup, you may select the Lock tool check box that appears when you select a markup command. This will allow you to keep adding the same type of markup to the scene until you click Stop.


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3D Surface Note

A 3D note is associated to a specific surface point on the model.

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titleTo Add 3D
Surface Note
  1. Open the Notes menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Notes icon.
  2. Click 3D Surface Note. 
  3. Position your pointer over the surface you wish to label and click. A surface is highlighted when the cursor is properly positioned. Crosshairs indicate the point where the label will attach. 
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  4. When the label appears, drag it into position with your pointer.
  5. Click once to set the position of the label. A cursor will appear in the label.
  6. Type the text of your label and press Enter.
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titleNote
If you want to add several of the same type of markup, you may select the Lock tool check box that appears when you select a markup command. This will allow you to keep adding the same type of markup to the scene until you click Stop.


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Auto Note

Auto Note labels all the parts of an assembly automatically within seconds using either the name of the part or a sequential number.

Specify all parts, subassemblies, selected parts. Due to the possible number of notes, one may need to reposition them to be viewable.

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titleAdd a Auto
Note
  1. Open the Notes menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Notes icon.
  2. Click Auto Note.... 
  3. The Auto Note menu appears.
  4. Specify content and items then click the Apply button.
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titleNote

The labels can be repositioned.

The right-click markups context menu will not function while Auto Note menu is active.


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titleHide/show a label
  1. Right-click the markup dimension label itself or the name of the label in the Markups browser pane to open the context menu.
  2. Click Hide (or Show) markup name to manage whether or not the label is displayed in the scene.
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titleKeep a label in front of the model
  1. Right-click the label itself or the name of the label in the Markups pane to open the context menu.
  2. Click Stay on Top. The Stay on Top setting has a check mark beside it when it is enabled.
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Markup labels (with the exception of a 2D Note) rotate along with your view of the model. This can result in the label appearing behind the model. You can prevent this with the Stay on Top setting.

Follow this same procedure to disable the Stay on Top setting.

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titleCopy a label
  1. Right-click the label itself or the name of the label in the Markups browser pane to open the context menu.
  2. Click Copy on the menu.

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titleDelete a label
  1. Right-click the label itself or the name of the label in the Markups pane to open the context menu.
  2. Click Delete on the menu.A dialog box asks you to confirm the deletion.
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Deleting a note or markup dimension label removes it permanently. If you would rather temporarily hide a label, see "Hide/show a label" on this page.
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titleProperties
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titleAdd or change the markup title
  1. Right-click the label itself or the name of the label in the Markups pane to open the context menu. (See The SpinFire Ultimate User Interface and Browsers.)
  2. Click Properties.This opens the markup Properties dialog box.
  3. Click in the Title box and type in or edit the markup title.
  4. Click OK.The new text will appear in the label.
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titleChange the font and background used in a label
  1. Right-click the label itself or the name of the label in the Markups pane to open the context menu. (See The SpinFire Ultimate User Interface and Browsers.)
  2. Click Properties. This opens the markup Properties dialog box.
  3. Click the button that displays the current font name and size.This opens the Font dialog box. (See 3D Viewer Settings.)
  4. Select the desired font settings and click OK.
  5. Click the Background... button to open the Color dialog box.
  6. Select the background color for the label and click OK.
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A preview of the selected font and background is shown in the Properties dialog box.

This procedure changes the font of the selected label only. (See 3D Viewer Settings.)

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titleChange the color of markup arrows and lines
  1. Right-click the label itself or the name of the label in the Markups pane to open the context menu. (See The SpinFire Ultimate User Interface and Browsers.)
  2. Click Properties. This opens the markup Properties dialog box.
  3. Click the Color... button associated with either Arrow or Line to open the Color dialog box.
  4. Click the desired color and click OK.
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This procedure changes the color of the selected label only. (See 3D Viewer Settings.)
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titleAdd a link to a markup label
  1. Right-click the label itself or the name of the label in the Markups pane to open the context menu. (See The SpinFire Ultimate User Interface and Browsers.)
  2. Click Properties.This opens the markup Properties dialog box
  3. Click in the Hyperlink box.
  4. Type the path of the Web page or file you want to link to, or click the folder icon to browse to a local file.
  5. Click OK. The text of the label should be underlined.
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Examples of valid link paths include:

To link to a user view, type the pound sign (#) followed by the name of the saved view.

To link to another document within the .3D file, surround the name of the document with square brackets [ ]. For example, typing [Wheel] would open the Wheel document.

If you would like to link a user view within a 3D document, add the pound sign # followed by the viewname. For example, typing [Wheel]#view2 would open the Wheel document and display the view named view2.

SpinFire 11.0 will append the http:// protocol header to any relative link. Therefore, links to files must use an absolute path.

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titleAdd or edit a description or comment

To add or edit a description

  1. Right-click the label itself or the name of the label in the Markups browser pane to open the context menu. (See The SpinFire Ultimate User Interface and Browsers.)
  2. Click Properties.This opens the markup Properties dialog box.
  3. Click in the Description box and type a description.
  4. Click OK.The description will appear on the label beneath the note title.

To add or edit a comment

  1. Right-click the label itself or the name of the label in the Markups pane to open the context menu. (See The SpinFire Ultimate User Interface and Browsers.)
  2. Click Properties.This opens the markup Properties dialog box.
  3. Click in the Comments box and type your comment.
  4. Click OK. A mark will appear in the lower-right corner of the label, indicating the presence of a comment.
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titleUser views

 

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titleAdd the markup to another view

 

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titleMove the markup to another view

 

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titleRemove the markup from view

 HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM DELETE?

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Specify Note Coordinates

All note annotations in a 3D workspace can have the note placed at a specific point in the workspace.

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titleSpecifying Note Coordinates

To specify coordinates

  1. Start a the 3D note feature of choice.

  2. Enter the X, Y, and Z coordinates in the lower section of the Note measurement dialog window.

  3. Select the coordinate system the specified coordinates are based on.

  4. Click Create.

  5. Click on the created note and enter the note text followed by the Enter key.

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Right-click a dimension markup to make changes to its properties. A context menu will appear and provide command options that are based on the selected markup type. For example, a Point Coordinates markup context menu will differ slightly from an Arc Center to Arc Center markup context menu. (See the Working with 3D Markups for details.)


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