Creating drawing labels

The Drawing Label tool adds descriptive information to a drawing, such as title, scale, and drawing and sheet numbers. Alternatively, when creating a viewport, you can opt to add a drawing label to the viewport annotations.

The alignment modes temporarily override the label’s defined insertion point, for precise placement.

● Click Style on the Tool bar to select a resource from the Resource Selector.

● Click Preferences to open the object properties dialog box and specify the tool’s default parameters.

Parameter	Description
Style	Replace the current style with one from the Resource Selector, or use the unstyled option
Hide style parameters	Hides the parameters that are set by style; these cannot be edited from the properties dialog box or Object Info palette
Scale Factor	Scales the label larger or smaller by the factor specified
Drawing Title	Specifies the title text to display in the label. If Use Automatic Drawing Coordination is enabled in the document preferences (Design Series required), and the label is in a viewport, changes here update the viewport’s drawing title, and vice versa.
Drawing Number	Identifies this drawing on the current sheet. If the label is in a viewport or sheet layer, the program automatically numbers items and updates this field; this number must be unique on this layer. If the label is on a design layer, enter an identifier manually.
Sheet Number	Identifies the sheet that contains the drawing. If the label is on a sheet layer, the Sheet Number is displayed by default. If Use Automatic Drawing Coordination is enabled in document preferences (Design Series required), and the label is on a sheet layer, this field cannot be edited and always contains the Sheet Number.
Back Ref. Sheet No.	Identifies one or more sheets with markers that reference the viewport associated with this drawing label
Scale Display	Specifies the style of scale information to display on the label: ● Architectural style (as in 1/4ʺ = 1ʹ- 0ʺ) ● Engineering style (as in 1:48) ● Custom uses the Custom Scale text
Label Length Mode	Controls the length of the drawing label object: ● Fixed: Length is set to the Printed Length value ● Auto-Fit: Length is fit to the label’s contents ● Control Point: Length is set by the control point location

Editing drawing labels

Once a label is in the drawing, you can edit it from the Object Info palette. The following additional options are available when editing drawing labels.

Mode	Description
Align Object Left	Insertion point is the left edge of the label’s bounding box
Align Object Center	Insertion point is the center of the label’s bounding box
Align Object Right	Insertion point is the right edge of the label’s bounding box
Align Object Origin	Insertion point is the label’s originally specified insertion point
Style	Opens the Resource Selector to select a drawing label for placement; double-click a resource to activate it
Preferences	Sets the default parameters that are used for each new drawing label object