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Entering and editing technical notes in model

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You can enter technical notes in the graphic area of a model or on a separate tab. After saving, the technical notes are displayed in the graphical area, and the object Technical notes appears in the Model Tree. If the technical notes were saved without text, this object is empty.

You can hide technical notes in a model. To that end, click on the Visible icon in the Design Tree or call the Hide command from the object's context menu.

Input in graphic area

To enter technical notes in the graphic area for a model, call the Set/Modify command.

Calling this command activates the Subprocess of text input, and a field for entering technical notes appears near the right boundary of the graphic area. Enter the required text.

In order to save the technical notes, click any place outside the technical notes area or press the Create object button on the Parameters Panel.

Input on separate tab

To enter technical notes on a separate tab, call the command Set/Modify.

This command starts the technical notes editing mode. All operations within this mode are performed on a separate tab, where the mode icon is displayed in the graphic area . Operations in this mode are similar to operations for editing the technical notes in the drawing. Details...

To save technical notes, invoke the Save technical notes to container document command.

To close the mode of operations with technical notes, click the mode icon in the graphic area or press the Finish editing technical notes button on the Exit panel of the tool area. If technical notes were saved earlier, the tab just closes. Otherwise the request to save the changes in technical notes appears before closing the tab. You can save the changes or discard them.

Editing technical notes

You can use the following methods for saving technical notes:

•double-clicking the left mouse button on the technical notes displayed in the graphic area,

•invoke the Edit command from the context menu of the object in the Model Tree or in the graphic area,

•Invoke the Set/Modify or Set/Modify from the menu Layout — Technical notes command or from the context menu of the object in the Model Tree or in the graphic area.

In all methods, except for calling the Set/Modify command, editing is performed in the graphical area. Please remember: it is not possible to edit technical notes in the graphic area and on the separate tab simultaneously. If edit mode for technical notes was already started in the graphic area, it won't activate on the separate tab, and vice versa.

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