TechDraw Annotation

Description
The TechDraw Annotation tool adds a text block to a drawing page.



Usage

 * 1) If there are multiple drawing pages in the document: optionally activate the desired page by selecting it in the Tree view.
 * 2) There are several ways to invoke the tool:
 * 3) * Press the button.
 * 4) * Select the option from the menu.
 * 5) If there are multiple drawing pages in the document and you have not yet activated a page, the  dialog box opens:
 * 6) Select the desired page.
 * 7) Press the  button.
 * 8) A text block containing Default Text appears on the page.
 * 9) Use the Property editor to change the text.
 * 10) Optionally drag the Annotation to the different position.



Properties
The Annotation inherits all applicable basic View properties except. Use the property instead.


 * : The text to be displayed.
 * : The name of the font to use. Annotation will use the best match of installed fonts.
 * : The color of the text.
 * : The size of the text in mm.
 * : The maximum width of the Annotation block. -1 indicates no maximum width.
 * : Line spacing adjustment (%).
 * : "Normal", "Bold", "Italic", "Bold-Italic"

Scripting
See also: Autogenerated API documentation and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

The New Annotation tool can be used in macros and from the Python console by using the following functions: