Modifying Annotation Positioning

This task will show you how to assign new positioning to existing annotations.
You can also modify the position of the views using the same dialog.
Open the IntDrafting_Annotations_Positioning.CATDrawing document.
1. Multi-select the annotations to be newly positioned. In this example, multi-select text.

2. Select the Tools > Positioning > Element Positioning command from the menu bar.

The Positioning dialog box appears:
3. Select the Align to top option .

 

Align to the left

The reference text is the text, among the selected texts, that is positioned the most at the left.
The text anchor point is moved to the left (for example, from the bottom center to the bottom left).
The texts are aligned vertically relatively to the reference text origin point (same x abscissa as for the reference text).  

Align to the center

The reference text is positioned at the middle of both left and right extremity points.
The text anchor point is moved to the center (for example, from the top left to the top center).
The texts are aligned vertically relatively to the reference text origin point (same x abscissa as for the reference text).  

Align to the right 

The reference text is the text, among the selected texts, that is positioned the most at the right.
The text anchor point is moved to the right (for example, from the middle center to the middle right).
The texts are aligned vertically relatively to the reference text origin point (same x abscissa as for the reference text).

Align to the top 

The reference text is the text, among the selected texts, that is positioned the most at the top.
The text anchor point is moved to the top (for example, from the bottom left to the top left).
The texts are aligned horizontally relatively to the reference text origin point (same y coordinate as for the reference text). 

Align to the middle 

The reference text is positioned at the middle of both top and bottom extremity points.
The selected texts are assigned the middle attribute as text origin (for example, from the top left to the middle left).
The texts are aligned horizontally relatively to the reference text origin point (same y coordinate as for the reference text).

Align to the bottom 

The reference text is the text, among the selected texts, that is positioned the most at the bottom.
The text anchor point is moved to the bottom (for example, from the top left to the bottom left).
The texts are aligned horizontally relatively to the reference text origin point (same y coordinate as for the reference text). 

4. Select the Space from left to right option and set the Space value to 30mm.
Note that when you select a Space option, the modification does not appear similarly on the drawing. This modification only appears when you enter the new Space value in the Positioning dialog box or when you select a Space value.

 
5. Select the Distribute horizontally option .

 
6. Select the Move vertically to top option and set the Move value to -10mm.
Note that when you select a Move option, the modification does not appear similarly on the drawing. This is only the case once you enter the new Move value in the Positioning dialog box or when you select a spacing option.