Creating a text annotation

You can create one or more lines of text to annotate the contents of a viewport and place them anywhere on the viewport. Typically, you would use a combined arrow and text annotation to connect a text annotation to an object in a viewport, but you may also add text annotations to provide a title or other general information that applies to the entire model or results in the viewport.

Related Topics
What are arrow and text annotations?
The Annotation Manager
Manipulating annotations in the current viewport
Editing text annotation attributes

  1. From the main menu bar, select ViewportCreate AnnotationText.

    Tip: You can also create a text annotation by clicking in the Viewport toolbar.

    An anchor symbol appears in the viewport with the annotation Text-n. The default anchor point changes as you create new annotations in the session. If this is the first text annotation, the anchor point is in the lower left corner of the viewport.

  2. If desired, click Change Anchor in the prompt area and do one of the following:

    • Choose a new anchor point in the viewport.

    • Select a viewport corner or center point from the list in the prompt area.

    • Click Pick From Model in the prompt area, and select a node or vertex or enter the coordinates of the desired anchor point.

      Note:

      If you anchor an annotation to a node or vertex, Abaqus/CAE uses the model coordinates of the selected point; the annotation will not follow model deformation in the Visualization module.

  3. Choose one of the following options to position the text annotation in the viewport:

    • To position the text on the current anchor point, click On Anchor in the prompt area.

    • To position the text anywhere on the viewport, move the cursor to the desired position, and click mouse button 1.

    Abaqus/CAE opens a Text Editor dialog box.

  4. Complete the information in the Text Editor dialog box to finalize the text annotation.

    For more information, see Editing text annotation attributes.

  5. Click Preview to view your changes in the viewport.

  6. To finish creating your text annotation, click OK.

    Abaqus/CAE updates your changes in the viewport, closes the editor, and begins creating another text annotation starting at Step 2.

  7. To stop creating text annotations, click mouse button 2 in the viewport or the button in the prompt area.