Annotation templates
Available from
Program version 3.5.0
On the Annotations tab of the Settings menu you can manage templates for annotations. The settings set can be applied with OK or Apply, or discarded with Cancel.
The page in the settings menu is only visible if the annotation function is enabled:
Unlock annotation function
The annotation function is disabled by default because annotations can be used to visually modify the content of drawings. In administrator mode, the annotation function can be enabled under Edit (menu bar) > Settings > Administration > Annotations.
See Settings > Settings > Administration > “Annotations” group
Access function
The menu can be accessed as follows:
Menu bar
Click Edit and in the drop-down menu that opens, click Settings. The Settings menu window opens. Select the Annotations tab from the list on the left side of the window.
Create, edit or delete annotation templates
| Function | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | New annotation template | Insert a new text annotation ( ), image annotation ( ), or frame annotation ( ), each with default values or based on saved annotation templates.Note All annotations can be converted into each other by changing their properties. Text, image and frame annotations are variants of starting points. |
 | Delete annotation template | Die aktuell ausgewählte Anmerkungsvorlage löschen. |
Eigenschaften
| Property | Brief description | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Annotation name | Name for the element, which facilitates identification, but does not have to be unique | |
| Text | |||
 | Text | Text content of the annotation, also multiline | |
 | Text color | Annotation text color | |
 | Text size | Font size¹ | |
 | Text alignment | Horizontal alignment of the text: Left-aligned ( ), Centered ( ), Right-aligned ( ) | |
 | Vertical text alignment | Vertical alignment of the text: Align top ( ), Vertical centered ( ), Align bottom ( ) | |
 | Line spacing | Spacing between text lines as a factor related to the font size | |
 | Font | Font. Available are fonts installed on the computer | |
| Outline | |||
| | Outline color | Color of the outline. An outline can be removed by clicking Do not use outline. ( ) entfernt werden | |
 | Shape | Select the shape of the frame or element: Circle/Ellipse, Triangle, Square/Rectangle, Pentagon, … | |
 | Outline thickness | Width¹ of the frame line | |
 | Corner radius | Radius¹ of the four corners of a rectangle | |
 | Distance of the text from the outline | Distance¹ of the text content to the frame. Applied only when text is combined with an outline or a color or image fill | |
| Filling | |||
| | Filling color | Fill color of the image or text annotation. A fill can be removed by clicking Do not use fill color () | |
 | Image | Add, change (…) or delete image () Note We recommend the PNG format (*.png) | |
| Geometry | |||
 | Auto | Automatically determine the size of the element depending on the content | |
| | Manual | Manually specify the size of the element with width and height | |
 | Width | Width¹ of the element | |
 | Lock aspect ratio | Preserve the proportions of the element when resizing it ( ) or make height and width independent ( ) | |
 | Height | Element height¹ | |
| Orientation | |||
 | Inclination | Rotation angle of the annotation in degrees | |
| ¹ in drawing units, i.e. usually millimeters or inches | |||