Dot

The Dot command draws an annotation dot in screen space. Zooming or rotating views do not affect the size and orientation of dots. Dots always display in front of other objects.

Note

• The background color for dots is determined either by the layer or object properties colors.
• Double-click the dot, or use Dot Properties to edit the text, font or height.
• When a dot overlaps objects in the view, hold Alt and double-click the dot to suppress Selection Menu and force editing the dot.
• Text in dots can be more than one line.

Dot Options

Font

The text appearance.

• Click to open the drop-down list, and type the initial letter of a font to find the font quickly.

• Click the font control and scroll the mouse wheel through the list to select a font.

• If a font used by an annotation is missing on the current system:

  You will be prompted when you select the annotation or edit the style.

  The annotation displays with a substitute font in viewports.

  The missing font is listed with "(not installed)" in the font list.

Height

Set the text height.

Display text

The text that displays in the dot.

Secondary text

Extra information that the dot object can hold.

Dot Properties

Manages object properties for the selected dots.

Font

The text appearance.

• Click to open the drop-down list, and type the initial letter of a font to find the font quickly.

• Click the font control and scroll the mouse wheel through the list to select a font.

• If a font used by an annotation is missing on the current system:

  You will be prompted when you select the annotation or edit the style.

  The annotation displays with a substitute font in viewports.

  The missing font is listed with "(not installed)" in the font list.

Height

Set the text height.

Display text

The text that displays in the dot.

Secondary text

Extra information that the dot object can hold.

ConvertDots

Toolbar	Menu
Annotate Drafting	Not on menus.

The ConvertDots command converts Dot objects to either point or text objects.

Steps

• Select text dots to convert.

Command-line options
DeleteInput	Yes Deletes the original geometry. No Retains the original geometry.
Output	The output is at the location of the original dot object. Point Converts the dot to a point object. Original dot (left) and dot converted to a point object (right). Text Converts the dot to annotation text. Original dot (left) and dot converted to text (right). Text options Sets the properties for the resulting text. TextHeight The text height in model units. HorizontalAlign The Left/Center/Right justification. VerticalAlign The Bottom/Middle/Top justification.

See also

Use text and dimensions for annotation