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.

Parameter	Description
Text Style	Select a text style from a library or the current file. To use the style defined for the object’s class, select <Class Text Style>. To format the text using options on the Text menu, select <Un-Styled>. See Using Text Styles and Formatting Text.
Detail Viewport (Detail Callout only)	Displays the name of the viewport
Navigate to Viewport (Detail Callout only)	Accesses the detail viewport associated with this detail callout
Detail Callout Graphic Options	Opens the Detail Callout Graphics Options dialog box to set options for the marker attached to the callout object. Select a Marker Symbol from the list of those available. The Shoulder Length is the distance from the shoulder point of the leader line to the center of the marker. Leader Line sets the style and thickness of the leader line. Tag Position sets the position of the marker relative to the callout bubble.
Marker Size	Specifies the size of the callout marker, measured from the marker’s insertion point to the top of its longest point. Changes to the marker size do not affect the text size.
Text Config	Specifies the display style for the Drawing Number and Sheet Number text; if Dwg. No.-Sheet No. or Sheet No.-Dwg. No. is selected, specify a Text Separator to place between the text items
Text Rotation	Specifies the rotation of the marker text
Text Sheet	Specifies the scale value for the Sheet Number portion of the marker text. Enter a number larger than 100 to make the text larger. Enter a number below 100 to make it smaller. The scale value must be larger than 1.
Text Separator	For the Dwg. No.-Sheet No. and Sheet No.-Dwg. No. text configurations, specifies the separator to place between the Drawing Number and Sheet Number text
Link To Viewport (Detail-Callout Marker only)	Links the detail-callout marker to an existing viewport; select the viewport to link to from the list. A green link icon (next to the marker in the drawing) indicates that the detail-callout marker is linked to a viewport. When a detail-callout marker is linked to a standard viewport, the sheet number is synced; when it linked to a detail viewport, both the drawing number and sheet number are synced.
Auto-coordinate (Detail Callout only)	Automatically displays the Drawing Number of the referenced detail viewport, and the detail viewport’s Sheet Number. Deselect this option to enter the Drawing Number and Sheet Number manually.
Drawing Number	Enter the Drawing Number of the referenced detail viewport; this value is assigned by default when Auto-coordinate is selected, and for detail-callout markers that are linked to a detail viewport
Sheet Number	Enter the Sheet Number of the referenced detail viewport; this value is assigned by default when Auto-coordinate is selected, and for detail-callout markers that are linked to a viewport

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.

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

Detail-Callout Markers and Detail Callout Instances

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