KOMPAS-3D v24

Reference – a text associatively linked to some other object containing text. The object to which the reference is linked is called the reference source.

In using the same source, the contents of reference can be varied: the text of source, number of sheet on which it is located, etc.

Owing to the existence of an associative link between the reference and the source, references change automatically on change of the source.

For example, the marking sign may contain a reference to the number of item of technical specifications which shows the method and font of marking. On changing of the item number (as a result of deletion or adding items before it), the reference is updated. Owing to that, the designation will always contain the correct number of item of technical specifications.

In KOMPAS-3D it is possible to create links between text objects located in the same graphic document.

References can be included into the following text objects:

•technical specifications;

•text on drawing,

•table cells on drawing,

•captions in designations,

•cells of the title block.

Also, A link can be a property value. document or object.

The following objects can be the sources:

•detailing objects (datum designation, view arrow, reference number, etc.),

•text on drawing,

•view;

•item of technical specifications,

•variable,

•properties document or object,

•object number in a numbering group,

•an associative report (including a report on array with a table of modifiable variables), and an associative table of versions.

References are highlighted on the drawing with the color set at Setting up text elements. By default, valid references are displayed in dark blue color.

While the link and its source remain linked, editing the link's content is impossible: it always corresponds to the source text or its location zone. When a link source is deleted, the link to it is broken. Broken links are displayed in red by default. Automatic link restoration is only possible by undoing the deletion of the source object using the Edit - Undo command. If the deletion can no longer be undone, the source object must be recreated and edit link.

You can also Force delete link between the link and its source.

The colors set at setup of text elements are applied only to display the references located in the current layer of a fragment or in the current layer of the current drawing view. The references which are in other visible views and layers are not selected. They are displayed in the same colors as the other objects of these views and layers. For printing captions containing the references, colors set at setup of the output are used.