This article describes some of the shapes in the DT Annotations stencil.

In the DT Annotations stencil, there is a shape named Smart Title Block. When the user drops the smart title block on the page, they will have access to 48 fields of date, file, page, project, and company information by using the Shape Data UI.

With this shape, users can easily build custom title blocks that automatically populate with relevant project information. The fields we are tracking are:

Drop onto the page, and make sure the Shape Data UI is showing. Choose the field value you want to display on the drawing. The software will reconfigure the shape with the new data and field label.

You can add whatever custom label text you want by entering the new text in the custom field label field of the shape data UI.

For example, if you want the Resources field to say Designer instead of Resources, just type "Designer" in the Custom Field Label area.

The values that are in the shape WILL NOT update automatically.

For example, if you add a project manager to a job in the SI forms after configuring the project manager title block. In that case, the new information will not update unless you change it to another field value using the Shape Data UI and then revert to the original value.

The single Universal Dimension shape works on all sides of the object you want to measure and is compatible with all measurement units. In addition, there are now up to 0.0000 user-defined levels of precision. The previous dimension shapes required a separate shape for each side of an object and did not work well with metric measurement units.

The default measurement unit settings are set to Auto (page units). This means that whatever the page is set to, the shape will assume those properties. The default precision unit is set to 0.0. Both can be easily changed.

The Smart Callout shape is a customizable shape that reads the custom properties of any shape to which it is attached.

While you can drag the Smart Callout shape to a page and manually attach it to a shape, we recommend right-clicking the shape you wish to add the Smart Callout shape to and selecting D-Tools > Shape > Add Smart Callout.

This will open the following form, where you can use the arrow buttons to choose the fields you wish to display on the shape in the order you want them to display.

Once you've made your selections, click Save and Close.

The Export and Import buttons can be used to save configurations for future use.

When you export, you will be prompted to enter a name for the configuration.

When you import, you can select from any saved configurations.

On the import form, you can also edit the names of the configurations or delete them if you no longer need them.

Once on the page, you can right-click the Smart Callout shape and click Configure Callout if you wish to make changes to the fields that display.

All user adjustments are available as shape data fields in the Shape Data window.

To see the Shape Data window, select the shape, click the View tab, then select Shape Data from the Task Panes dropdown.

These are the shape data fields for Annotations shapes.

Show Leader Line

Show or hide the leader line. The default is True.

Auto Width

The Smart Callout shape will automatically resize to accommodate the text. With either choice, you can always use the control handles to adjust the size of the text box manually. The default is True.

Style

There are four text box styles illustrated below. Box, No Outline, 1 Line, 2 Lines. The default is Box.