Guide to Generating Drawings
Guide to Generating Drawings
Guide to Generating Drawings

Label Point Coordinate


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Used to label coordinate points in the design by entering a data point. Coordinate labels are placed in the design as text nodes.

Tool SettingEffect
Order

Defines the order in which the labeled point displays — XYZ or YXZ.

Units

Defines the coordinate format. Options are: Master, Sub, Working, and UORs.

Accuracy

Specifies the unit of accuracy for displaying the point coordinates.

Separator

Defines the coordinate delimiter. Options are: Newline, Comma, and Space.

View

Allows you to choose a view's orientation to display the coordinates. (Only affects 3D files.)

X Prefix, Y Prefix, Z Prefix

Allow you to specify the prefix for the x, y, and z coordinates respectively. The x, y, and z status fields at the bottom of the settings window dynamically display the x, y, and z coordinates of the current pointer location.

To label coordinates with a data point
  1. Select the Label Point Coordinate tool.
    The x, y (z) coordinates, which are now attached to the pointer, dynamically change as you move the pointer in the design. Also, as you move the pointer, you can also witness the coordinates changing in the bottom of the tool settings window.

  2. Enter a data point to specify the point whose coordinates you want to label.
    The coordinates for the specified point are placed in the design.

  3. Continue entering data points to label more coordinate points in the design.

Key-in: LABEL POINT

Depending on how many elements you are labeling, or depending on the size of the elements, you may want to change the point size of the coordinate's text (see Element > Text Styles).