Adjusts annotation objects and saves those changes back to the manufacturing plate, profile, or member part. Use this command to adjust annotations when the plate geometry is correct but you need to change the annotations. This command lets you move, rotate, and scale annotations to avoid overlap, delete unnecessary annotations, and add annotations for clarity during production. You can edit and regenerate annotations by changing annotation attributes and annotation drawing geometry inputs. Annotations can also be deleted.
Bulk Editing
You can place multiple annotations at once if the selected objects are all of the same type with the same attribute sets. Annotations can also be bulk scaled or bulk rotated, allowing for faster and more efficient workflows.
Basic XML Structure
The root node of the configuration file is <SMS_OUTPUT_ANNOTATION>. At the highest level, the configuration file is divided into categories for each type of annotation output.
<OUTPUT_ANNOTATION> contains the settings for the text arguments and geometry arguments used to construct the annotation object.
Each annotation type XML node looks similar to the following figure:
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Delivered Annotation Types
You can create new annotations of any type. The following list describes the annotation types delivered with the software.
Annotation Type |
Example |
Annotation Type |
Example |
Arrow |
Bevel-Parallel |
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Arrow-Prefix |
Car Deck |
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Bevel Change |
Knuckle Line |
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Bevel-Normal |
Centerline |
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Collar Plate Info |
Lap Connection- |
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Conn Part Info-Both Sides |
Lap Connection- |
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Conn Part Info-One Side |
Lap Trace |
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Corrugate Reference |
Margin-Fixed |
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Corrugate |
Mount Angle |
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End Fitting-Bracket |
Outfitting |
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End Fitting-End |
Plate Id |
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End Fitting-Start |
Plate Id-Inverted |
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Entity Name |
Profile-Id |
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Flange Direction |
Punching |
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Grinder |
Rend-Circular |
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Grinder-End |
Rend-Linear |
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Grinder-Start |
Roll Boundary |
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Handle |
Roll Line |
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Inverse Bending Interval |
Rope |
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Seam Control-Diamond |
Template Half Pipe |
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Seam Control- |
Template Knuckle |
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Seam Control-X |
Template Profile HRB |
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Ship Direction |
Template Profile RB |
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Ship Direction |
Template Rend |
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Sightline |
Template Seam |
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Special Annotation |
Tack Weld |
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