Detail-Callout Markers and Detail Callout Instances

Detail callout instances associated with a detail viewport can be added to or deleted from design layers or viewport annotations. In addition, the Detail Callout Instances dialog box provides an easy way to navigate from a detail viewport to its associated detail callout.

The Detail-Callout Marker tool can create a detail-callout marker that is graphically similar to a detail callout, but it is not necessarily linked to a viewport. It can be linked to a viewport anytime from the Object Info palette. Depending on the type of viewport it is linked to, its drawing number and sheet number are synced to the selected viewport, similar to a detail callout. Detail-callout markers can have different graphic properties from a detail callout that is also associated with a detail viewport.

Parameters display for selected detail callouts and detail-callout markers on the Object Info palette. Many of these parameters also display on the Detail Callout Settings dialog box, which you can access to edit when you create a detail viewport. If there are multiple instances of a detail callout, all instances are updated.

Click to show/hide the parameters.

To edit detail callout instances or navigate to a detail callout:

1. Select the detail viewport with the callout you want to navigate to or edit.

2. Click Detail Callout Instances from the Object Info palette.

The Detail Callout Instances dialog box opens.

Click to show/hide the parameters.

Parameter	Description
Viewport	Displays the name of the selected detail viewport
Design Layers tab/Viewports tab	Displays the names of all design layers in the file (on the Design Layers tab) and all other sheet layer and section viewports in the file (on the Viewports tab). Each design layer or viewport that contains a detail callout associated with the selected detail viewport has a check mark to the left of its name.
Activate	When a design layer or viewport with a check mark is selected, navigates to the detail callout instance: ●    If the detail callout instance is on a design layer, activates that design layer and centers the detail callout object on the screen ●    If the detail callout instance is in a viewport, activates the sheet layer of the viewport and enters annotation editing mode for the viewport

3. To add another instance of the detail callout to a different design layer or to the annotations for a different viewport, click on the column next to that design layer or viewport, and then click OK. Alternatively, to remove a detail callout instance from a layer or viewport, click the checked column (which removes the check mark), and then click OK.

Deleting all detail callout instances does not delete the detail viewport, and new instances can be created at any time. However, deleting a detail viewport deletes all detail callout instances.

4. The detail callout instances can also be used as a navigation tool to access a particular callout. Select the detail callout and click Activate to switch to the design layer or viewport; the detail callout is selected for any modifications.

To return from a detail callout instance to the associated detail viewport, click Navigate to Viewport from the Object Info palette of a selected detail callout.

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Editing Detail Callout Objects

Editing Detail Viewport Drawing Labels

Creating Detail Viewports

Viewport Properties

Modifying Viewports

Viewport Status

Updating Viewports

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