Annotate
Text
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Used to place a text element(s). |
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Used to edit text in a text, text node, or dimension element to replace, add, or delete characters. |
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Used to change selected text-specific element attributes of a text or tag element(s). |
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Used to review text, text nodes, tags, dimensions, notes and symbols for spelling errors. |
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Used to set the active text settings (such as Justification, Font, Line Spacing Type, Underline, Slant Angle, and Inter Character Spacing) the same as the corresponding attributes of text in the design. |
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Used to place text relative to line segment (line element or segment of a line string, shape, or multi-line). |
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Used to search all the text in a DGN file for any sequence of letters and numbers and replace some or all instances of the text with other text. Opens when Find Text is chosen from the Edit menu. The Find and Replace fields remember the last 20 items entered; an auto-complete menu is provided as you type. |
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Used to display the attributes of a text or multi-line text node element. |
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Used to copy and increment a text element that contains numbers. |
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Used to copy the contents of one enter data field to another. |
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Used to copy and increment the contents of an enter data field that contains numbers into another enter data field. |
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Used to fill in or change an enter data field. |
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Used to fill in all empty enter data fields in a view. |
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Used to change the case of a piece of text. |
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Used to update all fields in the text elements in the active model or file. |
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Used to convert the text characters in a text element to the individual elements that are used to draw the characters — lines, line strings, arcs, ellipses, and shapes. |
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Used to create and modify text styles. Also sets the active text style or, if a style is not active, the active text attributes. |
Notes
Dimensioning
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Used to dimension the linear distance between two points (length). |
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Used to dimension angles. Each dimension (except the first) is computed from the endpoint of the previous dimension. |
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Used to dimension an element (linear or circular). |
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Used to label distances along an axis from an origin (datum) along the ordinate axis (the line along which the distances are measured). |
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Used to change a dimension element to the active dimension attributes. |
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Used to set the active dimension settings to the dimension attributes of a dimension element. |
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Used to break up a dimension element(s) into lines, line strings, ellipses, arcs, and text. |
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Used to reassociate a linear or radial dimension to an element. |
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Used to add an extension line to a dimension element. |
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Used to remove an extension line from a dimension element. |
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Used to search all the dimensions in the active model and report any problems. |
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Used to create and modify dimension styles. Also sets the active dimension style (or, if a style is not active, the active dimension settings). |
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Used to place a center mark at the center of a circle or arc. |
Detailing
Setting | Description |
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Used to place a section callout and, optionally, create a saved view and automate dynamic views. |
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Used to place a detail callout and, optionally, create a saved view and automate dynamic views. |
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Used to place a single elevation callout or an interior elevation callout. |
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Used to place a plan callout and optionally, create a saved view and automating dynamic views. |
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Used to place a drawing boundary in a model. |
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Used to place a revision cloud. |
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Used to create a revision cloud by modifying or copying an existing element. |
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Used to create and modify detailing symbol stylesdetailing symbol styles. |