Autodesk 00128-051462-9310 - AUTOCAD 2008 COMM UPG FRM 2005 DVD, User Manual

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Description Tool Type Property
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Detail Mark: a tool consisting of only a detail mark
■ Elevation Single: a tool consisting of a single elevation mark
■ Elevation Four-Way: a tool consisting of four elevation marks and
lines
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Section Tag and Tail: a tool consisting of a section line with a tag
and a tail
■ Section Tag and Tag: a tool consisting of a section line with two
tags on start and end
You can choose the shape of the detail boundary. Available options are
circular, rectangular, and freeform. Detail Boundary Callout boundary type
You can select the type of four-way elevation the tool should create.
Available options are interior and exterior elevations.
NOTE For an interior elevation, you can select spaces as the elevation
region.
Elevation Four Way Four way elevation type
Here, you define the block that is used as the callout tag. General Tag name
Defines the location of the available callout symbol tags, and, if applicable,
the location of the available tag arrows. General Tag and arrow location
Define the block for the section/elevation mark arrow. Section/ Elevation Arrow
Here you select if the text style for attributes in the callout should be the
text style of the callout tag (Content) or the current text style of the
drawing (Target). General Attribute text style
Here, you select the text angle of the attribute text. You can choose to
insert the attribute text at the same angle as the callout symbol (As
Inserted), horizontal in the drawing (Horizontal), or to be read from the
right side (Right Reading). General Attribute text angle
Dimensions Category
Defines the corner radius of rectangular and freeform detail boundaries. Detail Boundary Corner Radius
Defines the linetype of the detail boundary. Detail Boundary Boundary linetype
Defines the line width of the boundary lines. Detail Boundary Boundary width
View Defaults Category
This setting determines the type of view generated by the callout tool.
You can choose between the following: General View Type
■ Detail View: If you have selected Detail View for type, and create a
model space view in a new drawing, the Detail View template set
in the project will be used for the new drawing.
■ Section/Elevation View: If you have selected Section/Elevation View
for type, and create a model space view in a new drawing, the
Section/Elevation View template set in the project will be used for
the new drawing.
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General View: If you have selected General View for type, and create
a model space view in a new drawing, the General View template
set in the project will be used for the new drawing.
Here, you can choose if the tool should create a 2D section elevation. General Generate Section/Elevation
If you have selected to generate a 2D section/elevation from the tool,
you need to set a 2D section/elevation style. General Section/Elevation style
The Properties of a Callout Tool | 1997