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BLOCKS- Standard Box Note

BLOCKS- Standard Box Note

BLOCKS- Standard Box Note

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I want to create a Standard Box Note as a Block in which the leader can come from the left or right, and in which the text within the Box Note can be modified. Is this doable?

Since I am new to SW, maybe there is a better way...?

SW2006

Any instructional videos on creating blocks?

RE: BLOCKS- Standard Box Note

You can create a Note and modify the Leader and Border properties in the Property Manager on the left.

Then you can add the Note to your Design Library.

I find it easier to edit the Notes if necessary, then messing with Blocks.

I create Blocks for items that require sketched line entities, such as a Grain Direction note where I have sketch geometry of an arrow grouped with the annotation 'GRAIN DIRECTION'.

Regards,

Anna Wood
SW 2007 SP2.2, WinXP
Dell Precision 380, Pentium D940, 4 Gigs RAM, FX3450
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse
http://www.phxswug.com

RE: BLOCKS- Standard Box Note

Ditto to Anna's suggestion.  I briefly experimented with using them for drawing notes, and they really are a pain when using them for annotation notes.

Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
sw.fcsuper.com
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group

RE: BLOCKS- Standard Box Note

I think if you make a block and add text to it you can add "Attributes" to the text and its much easier to edit that text if you need too. If you need to move the Geometry around that's a different sorry. But if you have an item that never changes other then the text I would recommend a Block.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP pc2
www.scottjbaugh.com
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