Course: Computer Aided Drafting II

Module 5 Overview

1. Discuss purpose and use of Annotative Objects
2. Create Annotative Objects
3. Use Annotative Objects to create multi-view drawings
4. Edit Annotative Objects
5. Assignment: Create Annotative Objects

Module 5 – Annotative Objects

Objectives:

- Discuss the purpose and use of Annotative Objects
- Create Annotative objects
- Use Annotative objects to create multi-view drawings
- Edit Annotative objects

Notes:

1. Purpose of Annotative Objects
  1. Automate scaling objects for plotting
  2. Flexibility in creating multiview drawings
  3. Ability to assign multiple scales to an object

1. Creating Annotative Objects
  1. Types of objects
    1. Text and Multiline text
    2. Dimensions
    3. Geometric Tolerances
    4. Hatches
    5. Blocks and attribute definitions
    6. Multileaders
2. Properties palette
3. Create annotative styles

1. Using annotative objects
  1. Setting annotative scale
  2. Annoupdate command
  3. Annotation visibility button
  4. Objectscale command
  5. Properties palette
  6. Viewports
  7. Grip editing

1. Vocabulary
  1. Annotations
  2. Annotative objects
  3. Scale
  4. Annotative or drawing scale
  5. Scale factor
  6. Annoupdate command
  7. Object scale command

Assignments:

- In your customized personal templates create annotative objects for the title block for ease of assigning data to the specific orthographic assignments to follow.