Labels and Captioning

Captioning

You can enter a single caption for the drawing by entering the caption in the Drawing Caption field.
This caption will appear in the lower left hand corner of the drawing. Pressing the Set button will display the caption prior to closing the Label Manager form.

 

Labels and Text
You can add labels to the drawing by pressing the Labels button. This will bring up the labels manager form. Existing labels can be edited by right-clicking on the label in the main drawing window.

The Labels Visible checkbox can be used to toggle the visibility of the layers.

To create a new label, enter the label's text in the caption field and press the Add button.
A label's caption can also automatically be filled with information about the plot. Click on the popup menu arrow to get a menu of choices.

Each label can be rotated in 90 degree increments. Pick the label's angle by choosing the angle from the menu.

To edit a label, click on the label in the list. The caption and angle fields will populate with that label's information. Press the Edit button to save your changes to the label.

To remove a label, click on the label in the list and then press the Remove button. To remove all labels at once, press the Remove All button.

Press the Font button to choose the font style used for the labels.

Moving Labels
The labels can be positioned on the main drawing by clicking on them and dragging them to the desired location. The labels will attempt to keep their position relative to the scale, when the scale is changed.

You can also reset them back to the center by selecting the label in the Label Manager and pressing the Reset Location button.

Floating Text Blocks

Pressing the Edit Floating Text Blocks button will bring up the Float Text editor.

Press the Add button to create a new floating text block. Enter your text into the text entry field. Press the Save button. You can make the text block invisible by un-checking the Visible checkbox. The text block's black border can be toggled using the Show Border checkbox.
Press the Font button to change the text block's font.

To edit a floating text block, select it from the list and press the Edit button. Make your changes and press the Save button.

To delete a floating text block, select it from the list and press the Delete button.

Moving Floating Text Blocks

Floating text blocks will start out at the top, left corner of the drawing. You can move them by clicking on them and dragging them. You can resize them by clicking on the resizing block in the bottom, right hand corner of the floating text block.