| This table show how V5 Drafting text based annotations and
text properties are interpreted in CADAM. Text based annotations are
defined to be any element with a text component other than dimensions.
An annotative element may have style or appearance differences when
transferred to the target CATIA application. This is because of
underlying differences in the CADAM Drafting and CATIA documents. The
translator will attempt to achieve the closest possible appearance while
maintaining the correct functional intent of the element - for example,
text string and text attachment point for notes.
The following table outlines the specific mappings for text-based
annotations and annotation properties:
|
Interactive Drafting Element/Property |
CADAM Drafting Element/Property |
Comments |
| Character
encoding: |
|
|
Unicode
|
Unicode |
Both CADAM Drafting and Interactive
Drafting use the Unicode standard for character encoding. Therefore,
all characters with standard Unicode character codes are transferred
without any mapping. There are a small number of characters
(engineering symbols such as geometric dimensioning tolerancing symbols) that don't have standard
Unicode character codes. In these cases, the character code is mapped
from the Interactive Drafting defined Unicode character code to the
CADAM Drafting defined Unicode character code. |
| Text based
Annotations: |
|
|
Balloon
|
Not
transferred |
|
Datum Feature
|
Not
transferred |
|
Datum Target
|
Not
transferred |
|
GD&T
|
Not
transferred |
|
Roughness symbol
|
Not
transferred |
|
Text with leader
|
Arrow with
text |
Text with a single
leader is transferred as arrow with text. All subsequent leaders are
transferred as arrows and line segments that are not associated with
the text or each other. |
Text
|
Text |
|
Welding symbol
|
Not
transferred |
|
| Text string
properties: |
|
|
Font size
|
Character
height |
|
Italics
|
Not transferred |
|
Justification
|
Justification |
|
Plain text/bold
|
Always transferred as plain text |
|
Text box width
|
Not transferred |
|
Text orientation
|
Text angle |
|
Text anchor point
|
Text position |
CADAM Drafting supports 5 horizontal by 5
vertical positions. Interactive Drafting supports 3 horizontal by 3
vertical positions. The transfer maps the Interactive Drafting
anchor point to the closest CADAM Drafting position. |
|
Substring properties: |
|
|
Superscripting and subscripting
|
Not transferred |
|
Substring box
|
Not transferred |
|
Substring lozenge
|
Not transferred |
|
Underscore/overscore
|
Not transferred |
|
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