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Field dialog box
4 From the Field names list, select the type and form of keynote you want to insert.
5 If the selected Field name is Reference Key and Note or Sheet Key and Note, select a Keynote Format to
determine how the key and the note are separated typographically.
6 Select a Format to determine case and capitalization for the keynote text.
7 Confirm that Insert as placeholder is selected if you want to insert pre-specified keynotes or prompt for
manual keynote selection, as applicable. Otherwise, the keynote indicated by the Key and Note values is
inserted. You can select a particular keynote by clicking Select Keynote.
8 Click OK to close the Field dialog box and implement the AEC Keynotes field you have specified.
Using Keynote Insertion Tools
The keynote insertion tools provided on the sample Annotation palette (also available from the Documentation Tool
Catalog in the Content Browser) represent two basic kinds of keynotes: reference and sheet. The tool for sheet keynotes
is configured to let you draw a leader that connects the keynote to the selected object or point. For reference keynotes,
two tools are provided: one that inserts a leader and one that inserts only the keynote.
For both sheet and reference keynotes, you have the option of keynoting either a particular object or “nothing” (that
is, a point within an empty region of the drawing area). Both tools insert any keynote that is pre-specified for a selected
object, unless there is ambiguity, as when keynotes are specified for the components of an object. In that case, you
must select a component or use the keynote that is pre-specified for the object as a whole. You can also choose a
different keynote from the Select Keynote dialog box. This dialog box is presented if no keynote is pre-specified for a
selected object or its components.
The Select Keynote Dialog Box
The Select Keynote dialog box provides a hierarchical tree view of a keynote database. You can select a keynote to insert
into a drawing or to associate with an object style, a material definition, or a detail component. This dialog box is
displayed if you attempt to keynote an object for which no keynote is specified. You can also select it from the Field
dialog box and from the dialog boxes used to specify keynotes for architectural objects or their components. When
generating a keynote legend, you can access the Select Keynote dialog box during the insertion process by right-clicking
and clicking from Database, or by entering d (for database) at the command line.
You select a keynote database at the top of the dialog box. The AEC Keynote database is the default for keynoting detail
components, while the AecKeynote-Assemblies database is the default for keynoting architectural objects that are
assemblies of multiple components.
You can expand nodes in the tree view to find individual components, or you can type text into the Filter box below
the tree view. Clicking the Filter button, pressing
TAB
, or pressing
ENTER
expands all nodes under any node whose name
includes the text you enter. When a keynote is highlighted, clicking OK completes the selection.
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