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Set Annotation Position by Distance

Set Annotation Position by Distance

The Set Annotation Position by Distance Generation Task sets the XY position of an annotation.

Properties

Example Property Values

The following table shows examples of the ‘Annotation Name’ and ‘Sheet or View Name’ Properties for a range of possible SOLIDWORKS Drawing Annotations.

The above examples of the ‘Annotation Name’ and ‘Sheet or View Name’ Properties will work for single sheet or multi sheet SOLIDWORKS Drawings.

How To Find The Annotation Name

To find out the ‘Annotation Name’ of an Annotation you can use the DriveWorks Capture Pane inside SOLIDWORKS;

1. Open the captured Master Drawing file in SOLIDWORKS
2. Switch to the ‘Annotation Text’ tab of the DriveWorks Task Pane
3. Select the Annotation you want to position
4. The dimension address will appear in the ‘Address’ field of the DriveWorks Task Pane
5. You can copy and paste this into DriveWorks for use in rules

Creating Rules For The Annotation Name Property

For example:

By default, DriveWorks gives each model the File Name Rule DWSpecification meaning that your models will generate with the following naming structure;

MasterName ProjectName 9999.SLDPRT

This means the Rule for the Annotation Name property would be;

"D1@Sketch1@MasterName " & DWSpecification &".Part"

The following are two further examples of potential Annotation Name property rules in combination with the related Model File Name Rules:

Example 1

Model File Name Rule => "*PartName-" & OrderNumberReturn

Annotation Name Property Rule => "D1@Sketch1@PartName-" & OrderNumberReturn &".Part"

Example 2

Model File Name Rule => "*" & DWSpecificationId & "*"

Annotation Name Property Rule => "D1@Sketch1@" & DWSpecificationId & " MasterName.Part"

For more information on Model File Name Rules: Concept: File Naming

Annotation Name Property Accepted Values

The following is a description of DriveWorks behavior for each ‘Annotation Name’ Property value possibility.

Example 1

Annotation Name Property Rule Result = D1@Sketch1@{Model File Name Result}.Part

DriveWorks will use the full result to select the required Annotation.

Example 2

Annotation Name Property Rule Result = DetailItem110

DriveWorks will use the full result to select the required Annotation.

Example 3

Annotation Name Property Rule Result = RD1

DriveWorks will compare this with the name component of the address to select the required Annotation.

Example 4

Annotation Name Property Rule Result = RD1@Drawing View1@{Drawing File Name Result}.Drawing

DriveWorks will use the full result to select the required Annotation.

Positioning The Annotation

Once you have defined which Annotation you wish to position, you will need to define where to position the Annotation on the generated Drawing. You define this using the ‘X Value’ and the ‘Y Value’ properties.

The ‘Axis’ property determines which of the ‘X Value’ and ‘Y Value’ properties are used to position the Annotation.

The ‘X Value’ and ‘Y Value’ are expressed as a distance in the document units. For example, X Value = 50, this will position the Annotation 50mm from the anchor.

The ‘X Value’ and ‘Y Value’ properties accept negative values.

If an Annotation is not attached to a Drawing View, the ‘X Value’ and ‘Y Value’ are in relation to the entire sheet.

If an Annotation is attached to a Drawing View the ‘X Value’ and ‘Y Value’ are in relation to the Bounding box of the Drawing View.

Generation Sequence

This Task can be added to the following Generation Sequence(s):

• Pre Drive (will be run before the Main Drive Sequence)
• Post Drive (will be run after the Main Drive Sequence)