View Annotation

A View annotation displays loaded features as Feature Markers in spatial relation to a 3D image. More than one View annotation can be placed on a single sheet.

Ordering does not apply to View annotation. To accommodate the 3D Hoops engine, the view is always positioned at the Front of all other annotation on the sheet.

New View

New View annotation are created using the View ( $image\CM4D0034_wmf.gif$ ) tool or the menu Annotation>New>View. Click the button and draw a box on the page where you want the view while holding the left mouse button down. After creating a view, it needs to be edited in order to assign the image type and other various properties. Refer to the topic View Annotation for more information on loading an image into a View, or the topic View Properties.

When creating views for a CM4Di Template, the size of the view needs to be the same on each SheetSet. An easy method for ensuring that the view size is consistent throughout a SheetSet, use ReportTweak.

Edit View

To edit a View, double-click inside the border, right-click and select Edit from the context menu, or use the Edit View () button on the toolbar. Edit Mode allows the View to be edited continuously without resolving until you exit edit mode by clicking the Edit View button again or clicking outside of the View's border.

View in Edit Mode

To put any annotation into edit mode, double click on it or right click on it and select Edit from the menu. An annotation border will turn from a single black line to a thicker blue line when edit mode is enabled, as shown in the image below.

Edit mode allows functionality which is only accessible within the editing mode of an annotation.

Delete View

Select the Annotation and press the delete key or right-click the annotation and select Delete from the menu. Multiple Views can be selected by holding the Shift key and clicking the left mouse button to select each Annotation then complete the delete operation.