Adding an Attribute Link

This task shows you how to add an attribute link parameter to a text while you are creating this annotation.
Note that the operating mode described here is valid for text or a flag note.
Open the Annotations_Part_04.CATPart document:

  1. Double-click the annotation text to edit it.

    The Text Editor dialog box appears.

  2. Enter the text into the Text Editor dialog box and put the cursor after the white space at the end of the text.

  3. Right-click the annotation in the geometry area and select the Attribute Link contextual command (the annotation is not highlighted!).

  4. Select Annotations_Part_04 in the Specification Tree to access all parameters defined for the part.

    The Attribute Link dialog box appears.

  5. Select Length as the parameter you wish to attach.


    • You can add an attribute link with view ratio of a FTA View. When the view ratio is modified, linked attribute will be modified and the annotation display value will be updated automatically.
    • You can add the attribute link with view ratio knowledge parameter during text or flag note annotation creation or edition.

    The annotation display is updated accordingly when you modify the value of the view ration or its knowledge parameter.

  6. Click OK to close the Attribute Link dialog box.

    The value "50mm" now appears both in the Text Editor dialog box and in the annotation.
    You cannot edit this value in this dialog box but you can delete it.

  7. Click OK to confirm the operation and close the dialog box.

    The parameter is attached to the textual annotation.

  8. Double-click Length to edit the parameter: enter 70 mm in the Edit Parameter dialog box which appears and click OK.
If you wish to display the Parameters node, select the Tools > Options... command.
In the Infrastructure category, select the Part Infrastructure sub-category then the Display tab and check the option Parameters .
 
If you wish to display the parameter' value, select the Tools > Options... command.
In the General category, select the Parameters and Measure sub-category then the Knowledge tab and check the option With value.
 

  1. Un-select the annotation.

    The new value is displayed in the annotation text.
 

  1. If you need to cut the relationship between "70mm" as displayed in the Text.1 and Length, right-click the annotation and select the Isolate Text contextual command.
    You can then edit "70mm".
Attaching an attribute to a textual annotation is possible when editing this annotation.