Chapter 22: Using Annotations and Symbols
Caution
Sometimes adding a style to a note can make other changes that you may not expect, such as deselecting the
leaders if a note has multiple leaders. In particular, if the style is made from a note with a jogged leader, then it
deselects leaders for regular multiple leaders. Styles that are created from regular leader notes do not deselect
jogged leaders.
Making a change to the leader of a note after you apply the style removes the style from the note, although the
formatting remains. This does not apply to adding multiple leaders, only to changing the type of leader.
Applying a style may also remove the ability of the text to wrap, as well as any changes to the text box shape.
You cannot move the corner of a text box of a note to which you have applied a style. n
Styles exist only in the document in which they were created, but they can be shared to other doc-
uments by saving the style out as a separate file. Note styles use the extension *.sldnotestl.
Once you save the style, you can load it into other documents. The Style panel of the Note
PropertyManager interface is shown in Figure 22.8.Annotation types that can use styles arel Notel (^) Dimension
l Weld Symbol
l (^) Surface Finish
l Datum Feature
l (^) Datum Target
l Balloon
l (^) Auto Balloon
l Stacked Balloon
l (^) Center Mark
FIGURE 22.8
The Style panel of the Note PropertyManager interface
Note
Styles before the 2009 release were called Favorites. The file type for note favorites was *.sldnotefvt. If
you run across any of these legacy file types, you will at least know what they are. When loading styles, the
Open dialog box will recognize and use both the new file type and the legacy file type. n