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Position designation |
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You can set the position designations for parts and assemblies in the Position designation section of the setting dialog box.
To access the section, call the command Settings — Parameters... 
and in the dialog box that appears, select Current document — Conventional symbols — Position designation.
The dialog box allows you to configure the geometric parameters of designations, shape and text parameters, and select the option of drawing arrows of position designations. Using the arrow filter you can specify which arrows will be available when creating position symbols, set their sequence in the list and select the default option.
Controls of the position designation setting section
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Arrows |
The drop-down list allows you to select the option of drawing arrows of position designations. The following options are available: • • |
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Arrow length, mm Arrow angle, deg Distance from landing to text, mm Distance from the beginning of the landing to the text, mm Landing overhang, mm Indent in front of the text behind the landing, mm |
Group of fields for specifying values of geometrical parameters of position designations. The parameter value is entered in the field. Click on the icon |
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Form type |
The drop-down list allows you to select the desired type of item designation form. The following options are available: •Plain text, •Open text, •Circle, •Hexagon, •Circle with separator. |
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Form size |
The field is used to specify the size of item designations with the form type «Circle», «Hexagon», «Circle with separator». Size value (in millimeters) can be set manually or selected from a list. For a form of the type «Circle» this value defines the diameter, for a shape of type «Hexagon» — diameter of the inscribed circle, for the shape type «Circle with separator» — radius. If the form size is too small, the position numbers may extend beyond the icons. To change the font height of the position numbers, use the controls of the group Text parameters (see description below). |
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Location of the designation |
The drop-down list allows you to select the layout of item designations containing multiple item numbers. The following options are available: •Horizontally — item numbers will be arranged in a row, •Vertically — item numbers will be arranged in a column. |
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Form a landing |
The option controls the drawing of the landing of the positioning guide line. For items with the «Simple text» form type, the landing is a regular leader landing with text above it. For other form types, the landing is — is a segment connecting the text to the leader. Examples of item designation form types are given in the section Position designation parameters. |
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Arrow filter |
The list contains names and samples of all arrow types available in the system for leaders of position designations. To the right of arrow names there are options that allow to enable/disable display of corresponding arrow types in the Arrow list in the Parameter panel when working with leaders. Those arrows which names have options enabled are available in the document: they are included in the list from which the arrow type is selected when creating an object. The No arrow option does not have an option. It cannot be disabled, it is always available when creating dimensions in documents. The option in the list header allows you to enable or disable the display of all arrow types in the list at once. The option can be in one of three states: •enabled •unefined •disabled If the state of an option is not defined, clicking on the option will disable it, the next click will enable it. |
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The buttons allow you to customize the order of arrows in the list. To change the position of an arrow, select it and press the required button. The selected arrow will move one position in the specified direction. The order of arrows set in this dialog box is passed to the list from which the arrow type is selected when creating an object. If the first arrow or the first arrows in the list are disabled, the first enabled arrow is the default one. To speed up the creation of objects in the document, it is recommended to put the arrow type that is used most often on the first position, followed by the other arrow types in descending order of their frequency of use. |
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allows you to select a value from the drop-down list.
— the list contains both enabled and disabled options (arrow views with enabled options are shown in the Parameter panel, while those with disabled options are not.),
— all options in the list are disabled (only the view is available in the Parameter panel 
After completing the settings, click the dialog box Apply and close. To exit the dialog box without changing the settings, click Cancel.
