Note Object Attribute From a Text  

This task shows you how to create a Note Object Attribute from a text.
See Instantiating a Note Object Attribute task and Note Object Attribute concept.
Open the Tolerancing_Annotations_01.CATPart document:

  1. Click Note Object Attribute  in the Noa toolbar.

  1. Select the surface as shown on the part.

 		 This scenario illustrates the creation of a note object attribute by selecting geometry, but you can also select any Part Design or Generative Shape Design feature in the specification tree. In this case, the created annotation will not be attached to the selected feature, but to its geometrical elements at the highest level.
 

  1. The Note Object Attribute Reference dialog box appears.

    The Note Object Attribute Reference dialog box displays the Note Object Attribute references:
    • Type of Noa: the Note Object Attribute type, this type can be filtered using the Filter command, see Filtering Annotations.
    • Graphical representation: the graphical representation of the Note Object Attribute
      • Text: define a text as graphical representation of the Note Object Attribute.
      • Ditto: use a 2D component as graphical representation of the Note Object Attribute:
        • Catalog: the catalog containing the 2D component.
        • Chapter: the catalog chapter containing the 2D component.
        • Name: the 2D component name.
        • Preview: the 2D component preview.
        • Scale: the 2D component scale.
        • Angle: the 2D component angle.
        • Stick Ditto perpendicularly to geometry: defines whether the 2D component is kept perpendicularly to the geometry, at the location where you are selected the geometry.
        • Choose Ditto / Detail: browses a 2D component catalog.
    • Hidden Text: a hidden text contained in the Note Object Attribute which is displayed in a tooltip when passing the cursor over the Note Object Attribute in the geometry area.
      • Append External File Content: appends the text contained in a text file, there is no associativity when the text file content changes.
      • Reset Field: clears the hidden text field.
      • Comments and URLs editable on instances: defines whether the comments and URLs are editable on instances.
    • Link to file or URL: associates a file or an URL to the Note Object Attribute. Path is displayed in a tooltip when passing the cursor over the Note Object Attribute in the geometry area.

  1. Select Text in Graphical representation and enter the following texts:

    • The type of the Note Object Attribute: Note Object Annotation from a Text
    • The text: 3D Annotation
    • A Hidden text: This is a Note Object Annotation made from a text
Hidden text in a Note Object Attribute is not extracted in drawing view.
The Comments and URLs editable on instances option allows user to modify the Hidden Text data during Note Object Attribute instantiation or modification.
 

  1. Click Create/Define hyperlinks.

    The Flag Note Definition dialog box appears.
Links in a Note Object Attribute are not extracted in drawing view.
You can add one or several links to a Note Object Attribute to describe it for example.
 

  1. Enter the following link: http://www.3ds.com

  2. Click OK in the Flag Note Definition dialog box.
The link has been added to the Note Object Attribute and you can retrieve this dialog box and the comments by double-clicking the annotation in the geometry or in the specification tree, in the Note Object Attribute Edition dialog box.
 

  1. Click OK in the Note Object Attribute Reference dialog box.

    The Note Object Attribute is created.
     
The Note object Attribute default name in the specification tree is retrieved from its type:
  • Modify the type string does not modify the name.
  • To modify the name:
    • Right-click the name and select the Properties command.
    • In the Feature Properties tab, modify the Feature Name.
 

  1. Double-click the annotation in the geometry or in the specification tree.

    The Note Object Attribute Instance dialog box appears.
    You can modify its properties.

  2. Click Cancel.