Creating 3D Tags 

This task shows you how to create a 3D tag.
A 3D tag is a geometrical feature with all feature capabilities and is used to display text in the geometry.
  • Each 3D tag has a text label which can have one or more leaders.
  • 3D tag is a geometrical feature with all feature capabilities such as activate, deactivate, delete, reorder, isolate, undo, redo etc.
  • The 3D tag text is always parallel to screen and is not associated with zooming. The leaders are zoomed in or out with zooming.
  • The label is a literal of type string with usual behavior. It can be edited in tree or in command's dialog box. You can also add a formula.
  • When a drawing is created, 3D tags generate associative 2D texts with leaders in the Interactive Drafting workbench. You can modify the 2D texts' properties such as font, color, and size.
  • A new node Common3DModeling > 3DTag > Extraction is added in the DefaultGenerativeStyle.xml GVS file. In order to generate 2D texts of the 3D tags, you must set the Extraction value to Yes.
  • If the drawing is updated, label and leaders of the 2D text are updated according to the last 3D tag values.
    However, position and properties of the 2D text are not updated to keep any user modification.
  • If you delete the 2D text, it is not generated again after updating the drawing.
  • 2D texts are generated only under the conditions as the 3D tag is active and in show mode.
Open a part representation.

  1. Click 3D Tag in the Annotations toolbar.

  2. Select a point or a vertex in 3D and enter the required text in the Label field.
    The 3D tag is created at the selected point and a 3DTag.x feature is added to the specification tree.

    You can also select multiple points or vertices. The 3D tag is created at the barycenter of the selected points, with one leader for each selected point.

  3. In 3D, select the 3D tag and drag it to the required position.

  4. To remove a leader point, click it in 3D.
    The point is removed from the Leader points field and corresponding leader is also removed.
    You can also use multi-selection bag to remove required leader points.

  5. Click OK.