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SmartPlant Foundation / SDx Version
7.1 (2018 R1)
Smart Review Version
13.x(2018)

Tools > Volume Annotation > Place

Places a new volume annotation.

To use this functionality, you must install the Construction module.

  1. Click Tools > Volume Annotation > Place.

    • The specific Place command depends on the last volume annotation type that you placed. For example, if the last volume annotation that you placed was a scaffold, the command is Place Scaffold. The Place Scaffold command displays by default until you you place a different volume annotation type.

    • You can use only the Main view for placing volume annotations, but using the Plan and Elevation views can provide more visual feedback and extra locate options.

    • You may also find it useful to manipulate the Main view throughout the volume annotation placement. Different view orientations can be beneficial for different steps. Smart Review disables the interactive mouse drag motion and accelerator key commands, but all menu commands, toolbar commands, and view manipulation controls remain available. The Common Views toolbar can be particularly helpful, for example.

  2. Click the object with which to associate the annotation.

    • To place the volume annotation in space, press ESC.

    • If you select an object, the position, dimensions, and orientation of that object can determine the volume annotation's position, dimensions, and orientation.

    • If you do not select an object, the position of the annotation defaults to the center point of the Main view.

    • If you do not select an object, the orientation defaults to none. The exception to this rule is cylinders. For cylinders, the orientation defaults to the orientation of the Main view. Because of this, you should set up the Main view to the appropriate orientation before you place cylindrical volume annotations.

    • If you select a volume as the object with which you want to associate the annotation, Smart Review copies all of the attributes of the selected volume to the new volume.

  3. If you selected an object, click to accept the highlighted object.

  4. Select the first point of the volume:

    • For box, scaffolding, and clipping volume types, select an object to position the first corner point of the box volume on the surface point of the object.

    • For cylinder and weld volume types, select the point to function as the center of the cylinder.

    • For sphere volume types, select the point to function as the center point of the sphere. Smart Review places this point at the current depth in the Main view.

    • Double-click to locate a surface point on an object. If there are multiple objects under your cursor, click to cycle through the available options. Click again to accept the object and its surface point. Smart Review positions the volume at the surface point of the object that you selected.

    • Double right-click in one view (for example, Plan view) and then click on the bore-site line in an orthogonal view (for example Elevation). Smart Review positions the volume at the intersection of the bore-sight line and the cursor position.

    • Press ESC to complete the placement process with the current default volume position, dimensions, and orientation.

    • Right click to back up one step in the placement process.

  5. Determine the size of the volume.

    • For box, scaffolding, and clipping volume types, select the position of the second corner of the box volume to the current cursor location at the current model view depth. This defines the height, width, and depth dimensions of the volume.

    • For cylinder, weld, and sphere volume types, select the position of the radius for the cylinder or sphere. This radius is at the current model view depth.

    • A white wireframe representation of the volume tracks the current size. The current model view depth for the cursor is determined by the volume position.

    • The volume size for the current cursor location displays in the status bar. For box volumes, these dimensions represent depth, width, and height. For cylinder or sphere volumes, these dimensions represent the radius.

  6. If you are placing cylinder or weld volume types, place a point to determine the orientation and length of the volume.

  7. If necessary, select any yellow highlighted part of the volume glyph to enter the adjustment mode.

  8. To create a new volume annotation after editing an existing volume annotation, click Clear first.

    If you are creating a new volume, the Volume Annotation dialog box automatically displays if the Automatically edit new volume check box on the Volume Annotation Dimensions and Options tab is turned on. If this option is turned off, you can use the Tools > Volume Annotation > Edit command to the volume annotation. For more information, see Edit Volume Annotations Dialog Box.

  9. If cylinder volume annotations display as triangles, increase the stroking tolerance for the view.

See Also

Find a Volume Annotation
Display Volume Annotations
Adjust a Volume Annotation