00:09In this video, we'll look at creating annotation on this drawing.
00:14Annotation can be used to communicate measurements, call out features, and provide information
00:19about your design.
00:21Text and dimensions are types of annotation.
00:24You control the appearance of annotation using styles.
00:27Expand the Annotation panel to select or edit styles.
00:31This drawing contains three user-defined text styles, in addition to the default styles.
00:37I'll select the Custom Style Title for the text style.
00:41Next, I'll select the Custom Dimension Style Main for dimensions.
00:47After defining which styles to use, I'm ready to annotate my drawing.
00:51In the Layers panel, I'll click the Layer drop-down and set the text layer current.
00:59The EmText command is used to create multiline text.
01:02EmText prompts you to specify two points in the drawing to determine the width of the multiline
01:07text object.
01:09You can use the Text Editor tab to specify text formatting, or accept the defaults and
01:15start typing in the editor.
01:20After adding text, I'll select the Dimensions layer in the Dimensions Override layer drop-down
01:26as the default for all new dimensions.
01:28There are different types of dimensions I can create, such as Linear, Angular, or Radial.
01:36One way to dimension objects is to select the Dimension command and select the objects you
01:41want to dimension.
01:43This is an efficient way to dimension line or polyline segments.
01:46If I want more control over which points are used to create the dimension, I can use Object
01:52Snaps to specify start and end points in the drawing.
01:57If I want to dimension the angle of this support, I select the vertical and angular edge of the
02:04support and click to place the dimension.
02:08Adding text and dimensions to your drawing finalizes your drawing.
