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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Creating drafting annotation</div>
      <hr noshade="true"><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap551"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap552"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap553"></a><p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Drafting Annotation</b> toolbar includes the <b class="uiTerm">Annotation Editor</b> to create notes, labels, and symbols.
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/drafting_annotation_toolbar.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Drafting Annotation</b> toolbar
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_annotation_editor.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Annotation Editor</b></p>
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      <p class="para_topic">To create a note, type the text into the text box and click where you want to place the note. </p>
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                  <p class="para_tip_body">Notes in NX Drafting can be placed anywhere on the drawing, not only in views as in I-deas.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">To create a label with a leader attachment, click and drag from the leader arrow location, then click the note location.</p>
      <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/drafting/note.gif"></p><a name="qt_df_3d_annotation"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap554"></a><div class="title_division">Creating 3D annotation in model views</div>
      <p class="para_division">In the Drafting application, you can create annotation either in a drafting view or directly on the part model in the current work view.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Drafting</b> application turn on the display of the model using <b class="uiTerm">View</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Display sheet</b> or the <b class="uiTerm">Display sheet</b> button.
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            <p class="para_item">Make the desired <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/02qt_nx_basics_30.html');return(false);">Model View</a> the active work view by double-clicking a Model View in the <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">This will place annotation in this view and define the default orientation of the annotation to be aligned with the view.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Create annotation in the work view as described above.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">This annotation will be displayed whenever this same model view is the work view. This annotation will be placed on the drawing when this work view is used to create a drawing view.</p>
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