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You can insert annotations on your drawings by using the “Annotate” function.
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Click on the “Annotate” tool in the toolbar (or press the 6 on your keyboard)
There are two part in an annotation:The pin allows you to point the place where you want the annotation to appear, it can be moved independantly independently to the text area and the number in the pin allows you to easily find the , il peut être déplacé indépendemment de la zone texte et le chiffre dans la bulle permet de retracer facilement la zone de texte à laquelle il appartienttext zone to which it belong
The text zone dans laquelle vous pouvez écrire votre annotation peut aussi être déplacée indépendemment de l'icône
Cliquez sur l'icône «poubelle» pour supprimer une annotation
Cliquez ensuite sur «Supprimer» dans la fenêtre de confirmation qui apparaît
L'annotation ne disparaîtra pas complètement, mais il ne restera que l'icône et en gris avec le chiffre barré, en passant votre souris sur l'icône, vous verrez apparaître la zone de texte correspondante également en gris
Il est aussi possible de restaurer une annotation qui aurait été supprimée par erreur en faisant un clic droit avec votre souris sur l'icône
L'icône «Oeil» permet de faire disparaître la partie «Zone de texte» de votre plan, pour la faire apparaître à nouveau, il vous suffit de cliquer sur l'icône correspondant
Utilisez le coin inférieur droit pour redimensionner la zone de texte de votre annotation
You can insert annotations on your drawing using the annotate function.
Simply click on the "Annotate" button in the top toolbar (or press 6), and click where you want the annotation to appear on your plan.
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An annotation has two parts:
The pin;
The text area.
You can write your note in the text area. You can also resize the area by clicking and dragging the bottom-right corner of the note.
To make the note disappear or appear, simply click on the pin or on the eye icon in the upper-right corner of the text area.
The pin and text area can be moved independently, by clicking and dragging them.
Finally, you can click on the trash icon in the upper-right corner of the text area to delete it. Annotations are numbered, but if you delete one, the numbering of other annotations will not change.
Highlights
You can highlight certain areas of a page with the highlight function.
Click on the highlight button in the top toolbar (or press 5), and click on the two opposite corners of the area you want to highlight.
Click on the "Stop" button or press Escape when you are done.
Legends
You can show two different legends on the same takeoff page.
The first is the takeoff legend, which will show a list of all takeoff names and quantities for that page. To make it appear, click on the takeoff legend button in the top toolbar (it's the second to last button).
The second is the annotation legend, which shows a list of all notes taken on that page using the annotation function. To make it appear, click on the annotation legend button in the top toolbar (it's the very last button).
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in which you can write your annotation can also be moved independently from the pin
Click on the trash can icon to delete an annotation
Click on delete in the confirmation window that will appear to confirm your choice to delete the annotation
The annotation won’t completely disappear, it will still be visible but it will turn gray and the number of the pin will be scratched. When you pass your mouse over the pin you will see the text zone that belong to it appear
You can also restore an annotation that has been deleted by making a right click with your mouse on the pin of the deleted annotation
The “Eye” icon allows you to make the text zone part of your annotation disappear on your plan, to make it appear again, you just need to click on the corresponding pin
Use the right inferior corner of the text zone to change the dimension of your annotation’s text zone
Highlights
You can highlight some parts of your plan by using the highlight function.
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Click on the “Highlight” tool in the toolbar (or press 5 on your keyboard)
Click on the space you want to highlight
Click another time on your plan when you are satisfied with the highlight you made
Then click on the red stop button at the top of the screen or press Escape on your keyboard when you are done with the highlight tool
An highlighted zone can be moved around on your plan by clicking on it and dragging it to where you want it to be
Change the size of your highlighted space by moving the one of the corner to the exterior or the interior of the form
Make sure that you can always see your takeoffs in the highlighted zones of your plan by making a right click on your highlighted zone and by choosing “Move to the back”
There is also a way to delete an highlighted zone:
Make a right click on the highlighted zone and click on “Delete object”
Then click on the «Delete button to confirm your choice in the window that appears
Legends
You can make appear two types of legend on the same plan page.
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Click on the “Takeoff legend” tool in the toolbar at the top of the screen
The takeoff of the page you are on will all appear in the takeoff legend, you can move it anywhere you wish on the page by clicking and maintaining your click until the legend is where you want it to be
Click on the “Annotation legend“ tool in the toolbar at the top of the screen
The annotation legend will appear on the page of the project you are on, you can then move it anywhere you wish on the page by clicking and maintaining your click until the legend is where you want it to be