Tutorial showing how to create a smart annotation template, here displaying the section size of the steel members. We call that a smart annotation because it automatically retrieves the value/text... to display in the annotation from a parameter/rule..., and automatically updates when changes occur in the design.
Step by step:
1. In a detail sheet, create an annotation template
2. Define a parameter
3. Create a text with leader
4. Define a rule or action to set the parameter value
5. Link the annotation text with the parameter value
6. Add the new annotation to the Parametric Annotation chapter of the ASD Annotation Template Catalog
Based on this process, you can create your own smart annotations.
ekl action (Input is set as ProductOccurence)
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Let StrMbr(StrMember)
Let sName(String)
StrMbr = Input.Reference
if (StrMbr <> NULL)
{
sName=StrMbr.V_StrSection_Size
}
`Smart Annotations\\Section Size\\ASDDrwAnnotationTemplate.1\\Parameters\\Section Size`=sName
