Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Once you load an annotation family into your device family, you can place
it in the Ref. Level view by dragging it from the Project Browser to the
drawing area or by using the Symbol button on the Annotate tab within
the Family Editor. While placing the annotation, you can snap to reference
planes or reference lines within the device family. The snap point within
the annotation is its insertion point defined by the reference planes in the
annotation family. You cannot snap linework or geometry to the linework
within a nested annotation. Once the annotation is placed, you can use the
Movetooltolocatetheannotation,oryoucanclickanddragittothedesired
location.
The annotation family that you use in a device family should be located
in the proper relationship to the geometry of the family so that, when the
device is placed into a project on a vertical face, the annotation symbol is
aligned with the device host. The insertion point of the annotation family is
important to establish a proper relationship to the device geometry as well
as the host of the device family.
Figure 21.8
shows the location of a junction
box annotation family nested into a device family. The insertion point of the
annotation is the center of the circle. When the family is used in a project,
the annotation does not correctly align to the device family host.
Figure 21.8
Annotation family location in a device family, and display
behavior when used in a project
The alignment of the annotation with the vertical reference plane is correct,
but regardless of where the annotation is located along that vertical plane, it
is displayed in the project incorrectly. The solution is to have the insertion
point of the annotation at the bottom quadrant of the circle. That way,
when the annotation orientation is “maintained,” it is displayed properly, as
shown in
Figure 21.9
.
