Editing Detail Viewport Drawing Labels

After creation, the detail viewport drawing label can be edited, either to change its appearance, or to change the information that it displays. Edit the drawing label from within the detail viewport’s annotation space.

If Use Automatic Drawing Coordination is selected in document preferences, a change to the Drawing Number field for the detail viewport automatically changes the field for the viewport’s drawing label, and vice versa. Additionally, if Auto-coordinate is selected for the detail callout, a change to the Drawing Number field for the viewport automatically changes the field for the detail callout.

There are several ways to change the appearance of a detail viewport drawing label.

● Use the Attributes palette to change the label’s line color or thickness

● Use the Object Info palette to change the object properties

● Use the Text menu to change the attributes of the label text (or apply a text style to it)

● Use the Selection tool to adjust the label position

To edit a detail viewport drawing label:

Select the detail viewport and then select Modify > Edit Viewport. The Edit Viewport dialog box opens.
Click Annotations and then click OK to enter Edit Annotation mode.

Alternatively, right-click on a viewport and select Edit Annotations from the context menu.

A colored border around the drawing window indicates that you are in an editing mode. The Exit Viewport command becomes available from the Modify menu, and the Exit Viewport Annotation button is visible in the top right corner of the drawing window.

Select the drawing label and edit it. The parameters in the Object Info palette are described in Creating Drawing Labels.
Click Exit Viewport Annotation to exit Edit Annotation mode and return to the sheet layer.

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