Annotations

[generalpatton]

Howdy,
Is there a way to highlight text in annotations? How about filling an annotation block with a color to distinguish the block from the background.

This is in addition to using a colored box around the annotation....thanks!

 

[SnowCrash]

I was able to create a layer with color to get the border box to be colored and have the text be some other color, but could not get black text. I found no way to fill the box with color.

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Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2011 SP 4.0
HP Pavillion Elite HPE
W7 Pro, Nvidia Quaddro FX580

 

[generalpatton]

OK, you're doing good..keep going.

That's about as far as I got as well. Interesting it won't go to black. I imagine there's a way, maybe deep within the dark regions of the code. I don't go there, though....too scary.

 

[felix7502]

This is not the most elegant or expedient solution, but because the annotation text is on a transparent background, you can create a shape and fill with solid hatch, change the color using the Line Format Color, and then create a Block from that and your text.

 

[generalpatton]

Not a bad solution for every once in awhile us, but not efficient as you stated.

I noticed in MS word, recording macros with the highlight function gives up a module to use, but I have no idea if that could transfer over to SWX in any way. Heck, it doesn't transfer to Excel, so I suppose that isn't valid??

 

[felix7502]

I tried highlight in Word and it didn't transfer. I don't know if a macro would. The Annotation function leaves a lot to be desired in SW. Maybe a request is in order.

 

[NTME76249]

So one way you can do it is to open word, insert text box, type your note, select outside the text box, then right select the text box and copy. go to SolidWorks and paste. Then if you double click inside the text box in SolidWorks it gives you most of the capability of word, including the option to highlight text. Let me know if it works for you.


Michael McMillan

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-mcmillan/53/375/52b

http://cadtechie.blogspot.com/

 

[felix7502]

Mine says "Cannot activate a static ActiveX object", but if you go to Insert - Object -create new - MS Office Word Document, you can add a Word doc, then highlight and color the background. It does show a border and I don't know if it's part of the drawing if you submit it to a customer.

 

[NTME76249]

When i save it out as a PDF it has no box around the text, but you do have to turn the text box border off.

Michael McMillan

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-mcmillan/53/375/52b

http://cadtechie.blogspot.com/

 

[generalpatton]

Thanks guys! Good ideas abound.