Caption tab (Drawing View Style dialog box)


The Caption tab in the Drawing View Style dialog box defines default caption content in a style. You can create different caption content for each type of drawing view and for each type of view annotation.

Drawing View

The options in the Drawing View section define caption content in the style for the currently selected drawing view type.

You can map drawing view styles to drawing view types on the Drawing View Style tab (QY CAD Options dialog box).

Type

The first list specifies the type of drawing view for which you are creating a caption style. The options are Principal and Pictorial Views, 2D Model Views, Section Views, Auxiliary Views, Detail Views, or Nailboard Views.

The second list specifies that you are creating caption text for a primary caption or a secondary caption.

Show

Specifies that the default content and formatting for the currently selected caption type—the Primary caption or the Secondary caption—is applied when the currently selected drawing view Type is placed on a drawing.

Example:

It is common practice to show a caption on auxiliary, detail, and section views, but not to show a caption on principal or pictorial views.

Caption text box

Defines the default content for the currently selected drawing view type and caption type.

You can create a caption that contains multiple lines of plain text, property text, and symbols using the Properties buttons and by typing directly in the box.

Properties buttons

Insert property text codes and symbol codes into the caption text box. When a drawing view is placed, the corresponding information is displayed in the drawing view caption, if the Show check box is selected for the caption and for the property.

  • The Suffix, Annotation Sheet Number, View Scale, and Angle of Rotation buttons insert property text codes that reference the corresponding definitions in the Properties section at the bottom of the dialog box.

  • The Property Text button inserts property text that references other sources. You can insert the property text at the current cursor position, or you can copy it to the clipboard.

  • The Symbols button inserts codes that convert to symbols.

  • The Format button applies format codes to modify a property text output value or property text output text in the Caption text box or in the Properties boxes located at the bottom of the Caption tab. The type of formatting you can apply depends on your cursor position when you select the button.

Properties buttons

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Insert this property text code:

%AS

Suffix

The cursor position within the caption text determines whether the content is inserted as a suffix or as a prefix.

In the caption for a section or auxiliary drawing view, you can display the name of the viewing plane line or cutting plane line:

B

B-1

Displays the resolved string defined in the Suffix (%AS) box at the bottom of the Caption tab. This string is different for each drawing view type.

View annotation names (%VA) are defined in the Specify Annotation Letters dialog box.

Insert this property text code:

%LN

Annotation sheet number

In a drawing view or view annotation caption, this displays:

(2)

The resolved string defined in the Annotation Sheet Number (%LN) box, below.

Insert this property text code:

%VS

View scale

In a drawing view caption, this displays:

(1:45)

The resolved string defined in the View Scale (%VS) box, below.

Insert this property text code:

%VR

Angle of rotation

In a drawing view caption, this displays:

45°

The resolved string defined in the Angle of Rotation (%VR) box, below.

Select and insert a property text string at the current cursor position in the dialog box, such as:

%{Number of Sheets}

Any property text strings associated with the draft document or from the model.

In a drawing view or view annotation caption, this displays:

6

Select Property Text dialog box

Select and insert property text codes at the current cursor position in the dialog box, such as:

%PM

%DI

%DG

Any available symbols or values, such as dimension or weld symbols.

In the drawing view or view annotation caption, displays the symbol:

±

°

∅

Select Symbols and Values dialog box

Format

Open the Format Values dialog box—Applies formatting to the property text output at the current cursor position.

Modifies the format of the extracted value or text.

You can display derived text such as the file name or document title in all UPPERCASE letters. You also can apply month-day-time formatting to a date value.

Format Values dialog box

Example:

Applies the format codes to display the title text in uppercase.

%{Title/CP/TC1|

To learn how to use the dialog box, see the help topic, Format property text values.
View Annotation

The options in the View Annotation section define caption content for the currently selected view annotation type. This enables you to define a caption that differs for each type of view annotation.

Type

Specifies the type of view annotation for which you are creating a caption. You can select Cutting Plane, Viewing Plane, or Detail Envelope.

Caption

Defines the default content for the currently selected view annotation caption. Captions for view annotations contain a single line of plain text, property text, and symbols.

You can use the Properties buttons to insert text, you can copy and paste content, and you can type directly in the Caption box.

Show

When checked, specifies that the view annotation caption is displayed when a drawing view that contains a corresponding view annotation—a cutting plane, viewing plane, or detail envelope—is placed on a drawing.

Properties buttons

The buttons in the Properties section insert property text codes into the view annotation caption.

Properties buttons

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Inserts this property text code:

%VA

View annotation name

In the view annotation caption, this displays the composite content defined by the following:

  • View annotation properties

  • View annotation name labels

The content in the View Annotation Name (%VA) box on the Caption tab (Viewing Plane, Detail Envelope, Cutting Plane Properties dialog box)

View annotation labels are defined in the Specify Annotation Letters dialog box.

Insert this property text code:

%VN

Drawing view sheet number

In the drawing view caption, this displays:

(1)

The resolved string defined in the View Sheet Number (%VN) box, below.
Properties boxes

Specifies the property text, plain text, and symbols to display in the drawing view caption and the view annotation caption when all of the following are true:

  • Three-character property text codes, which reference the property text boxes in the Properties section, exist in the drawing view Caption box and in the view annotation Caption box.

  • The Show check box for the property text in the Properties section is selected.

  • The Show check box for the caption Type is checked.

Suffix (%AS) box

Specifies the content to be inserted as a suffix (or a prefix) in the drawing view caption when %AS is entered in the Caption box.

The Suffix option is intended to be used for section, detail, and auxiliary views, and it is unique for each view type. This enables you to specify different formatting for each view annotation label.

Inserts the %VA property text code into the Suffix (%AS) box. This extracts the view annotation name into the suffix content defined in the Caption box.

You can create a hyphenated suffix by typing in the box and copying and pasting other property text.

Show

When checked, and when %AS exists within the Caption box, shows the suffix with the drawing view caption.

Example:

If you want to display section views with captions using the format “SECTION (A)”, you can enter (%VA) in the Suffix %AS box, and enter SECTION %VA in the Caption box. When the first section view is placed, the %VA resolves to display “A”, and %AS resolves to display “(A)”, and the full caption is shown as “SECTION (A)”.

Annotation Sheet Number (%LN) box

Displays the property text string for the annotation sheet number. There is a single definition of %LN for all view types.

Use this option when a resulting drawing view is separated from the view annotation used to create it.

Inserts %{Annotation Sheet Number|DV} into the Annotation Sheet Number box. When resolved, this identifies the sheet number where the corresponding view annotation exists.

Show

When checked, and when %LN is shown in the Caption box, displays the content derived by %LN in the drawing view caption.

View Scale (%VS) box

Displays the property text string for the primary and secondary view scale, for example, 2:1.

There is a single definition of %VS for all view types.

Inserts %{Primary Scale|DV} into the View Scale box. When resolved, the %{Primary Scale|DV} property text displays the first number in the drawing view scale.

Inserts %{Secondary Scale|DV} into the View Scale box. When resolved, the %{Secondary Scale|DV} property text displays the second number in the drawing view scale.

Show

When checked, and when %VS is shown in the primary or secondary Caption box, displays the view scale in the drawing view caption.

Angle of Rotation (%VR) box

Displays the property text string for the view angle of rotation. There is a single definition of %VR for all view types.

Inserts %RA into the Angle of Rotation box. When resolved, this property text displays the rotation angle symbol for the ESKD drawing standard in the caption.

Inserts %CA into the Angle of Rotation box. When resolved, this property text displays the counterclockwise rotation angle symbol for the GB drawing standard in the caption.

Note:

You can insert the property text code for the clockwise rotation angle symbol (%C2) using the Select Symbols and Values dialog box.

Inserts %{View Angle|DV} into the Angle of Rotation box. When resolved, this property text displays the drawing view rotation angle in the caption.

Show

When checked, and when %VR is shown in the primary or secondary Caption box, displays the content derived by %VR in the caption.

View Sheet Number (%VN) box

Displays the property text string for the drawing view sheet number. There is a single definition of %VN for all view types.

Inserts (%{View Sheet Number|DV}) into the View Sheet Number box. When resolved, this identifies the sheet number where the corresponding drawing view exists.

Show

When checked, and when %VN is shown in the primary or secondary Caption box, displays the content derived by %VN in the drawing view caption.

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