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This task shows you how to add an attribute
link parameter to a text while you are creating this annotation.
Note that the operating mode described here is valid for Text or a Flag
Note. |
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Open the
Annotations_Part_04.CATPart document:
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Double-click the annotation text to edit it.
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The Text Editor dialog box appears. |
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Take care to un-select the text into the Text Editor
dialog box and put the cursor after the white space at the end of the
text.
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Right-click the annotation in the geometry area and select
the Attribute Link contextual command (the annotation is not
highlighted!).
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Select Annotations_Part_04 in the Specification Tree to
access all parameters defined for the part.
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The Attribute Link dialog box appears. |
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Select Length as the parameter you wish to
attach.
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Click OK to close the
Attribute Link dialog box.
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The value "50mm" now appears both in the Text Editor
dialog box and in the annotation.
You cannot edit this value in this dialog box but you can delete it.
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Click OK to confirm the operation and close the
dialog box.
The parameter is attached to the textual annotation. |
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Double-click Length to edit the parameter:
enter 70 mm in the Edit Parameter dialog box which appears and
click OK.
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If you wish to display the Parameters node,
select the Tools > Options... command.
In the Infrastructure category, select the Part
Infrastructure sub-category then the Display tab and check
the option Parameters .
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If you wish to display the parameter' value,
select the Tools > Options... command.
In the General category, select the Parameters and Measure
sub-category then the Knowledge tab and check the option
With value.
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Un-select the annotation.
The new value is displayed in the annotation text. |
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If you need to cut the relationship between "70mm" as
displayed in the Text.1 and Length, right-click the
annotation and select the Isolate Text contextual command.
You can then edit "70mm".
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Attaching an attribute to a textual annotation
is possible when editing this annotation. |