Annotation Tools Sidebar

This page describes all features of the Annotation Tools Sidebar .
More information about the general operations and principles of Annotations, see: Annotations Overview.

Map 2D >Tools > Anno
Short-key combination : <Alt> + A

Select Annotations	File Access	New Annotations	Edit Annotation	Appearance
Select an annotation or delete all selected annotations.	The File Access buttons are used to open, save or close an annotation dataset.	Add a new annotations to the current annotation dataset. Pick the right annotation type and draw it on the map. New annotations have default properties.	Select the annotation object you wish to change. Apply the edits by using the functions below.	Make changes to the appearance of the annotations dataset.

Select an annotation or delete all selected annotations.

Function	Description
Select annotation item	Point and click to select an annotation item to activate it. Use Shift-Click to select more than 1.
Delete annotation item	Selected annotation items are deleted

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The File Access buttons are used to open, save or close an annotation dataset.

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Add a new annotations to the current annotation dataset. Pick the right annotation type and draw it on the map. New annotations have default properties.

To add an annotation object: click the icon and start drawing on the map.

Function	Description
Rectangle	Draw a rectangle by clicking a position and dragging the cursor.
Circle	Draw a circle by clicking a position and dragging the cursor.
Area	Draw an area by clicking a position for each vertex and finish by clicking right and “finish annotation”.
Line	Draw a line by clicking a position for each vertex and finish by clicking right and “finish annotation”.
Freehand line	Click and draw a freehand line.
Arrow	Draw an arrow by clicking a position for each vertex and finish by clicking right and “finish annotation”. The last click adjusts the direction of the arrow.
Dimension	Draw a dimension by clicking a position for each vertex and finish by clicking right and “finish annotation”. The first and the last click adjust the directions of the ends.
Point	Click a position to add an annotation point.
Note	Click a position to add a note. The text is only visible after clicking the note.
Text	Click a position and fill in text.
Text box	Click a position and fill in text.
Text callout	Click a position and fill in text.
Text box round	Click a position and fill in text.
Text callout round	Click a position and fill in text.

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The edit annotation functions only apply on the selected annotation objects.

Select the annotation object you wish to change. Apply the edits by using the functions below.

Function	Description
Select annotation	Point and click to select an annotation item to activate it. Use Shift-Click to select more than 1.
Duplicate annotation object	Make a copy of the selected annotation(s)
Paste graphic formatting	Select an annotation object and activate the function. Select the annotation object you wish to paste te graphic formatting on.
Move vertex point	Move vertices of line or area annotations by clicking and dragging the vertex. Use the CTRL-button to move the vertex parallel to segment.
Free rotate	Rotate the selected annotation object(s).
Reset rotation	Restore default rotation of selected annotation object(s).
Rotate 90° counter-clockwise	Rotate the selected annotation object(s) 90 degrees counterclockwise.
Rotate 90° clockwise	Rotate the selected annotation object(s) 90 degrees clockwise.
Move left	Move the selected annotation object(s) to the left.
Move right	Move the selected annotation object(s) to the right.
Move up	Move the selected annotation object(s) upward.
Move down	Move the selected annotation object(s) downward.

Change the presentation of the selected annotation object in the properties window.

Point or Symbol Parameters	Line and Area Outline Parameters	Area Fill Parameters	Text Parameters

For text annotations you can edit the text or add text or images:

1. Select a Text Annotation.
2. Click the Edit Text icon:
   • Edit Text: Adjust the text in the text box and apply
   • Add Text: Click the Add text button and write a text in the second text box. This newly entered text will appear underneath the first one.
   • Add Image: Click the image button to select and add an image from the file browser. Only while adding it is possible to set the image size using the zoom in/out buttons.

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These Appearance options reflect the Construction Points and Lines, not the Fence.

Function	Description
Show all annotations	Zoom out to annotation dataset extent.
Show location of annotations	Show location and size of the annotations within the dataset. The location is drawn as bounding rectangles.
Reset text size	Reset the sizes of text annotation objects to default on the current scale. Annotation objects are given a default size referring to the scale at time of creation: this size will now be re-applied, with refrence to the current scale.
Toggle between scaled and unscaled text	Text annotations are always displayed in points on screen on the map. Therefore the text will always be even big on the map, no matter which scale is used. To set a text in units on scale, select the annotation and enable the toggle button. The text will diplay in units on scale on the scale that is set while switching on the button. Switching off the button displays the selected text in points on screen again.

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