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

Label Element Coordinates

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Used to label the coordinates of elements. When you label an element, all of the element's keypoints are labelled (all vertices and the origin).

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.

Single, Fence, and All

Label single elements, selection sets, all elements in a fence, and all graphic elements in a design file, respectively.

To label coordinates of a single element
  1. Select the Label Element Coordinates tool.

  2. In the tool settings window, click Single.

  3. Select an element to label.

  4. Accept the element.

To label coordinates of fenced elements
  1. Place a fence around the element(s) you want to label.

  2. Select the Label Element Coordinates tool.

  3. In the tool settings window, click Fence.

  4. Accept the fence contents.

To label coordinates of all elements in a design
  1. Select the Label Element Coordinates tool.

  2. In the tool settings window, click All.
    An Alert box appears, warning that all element coordinates will be labelled.

  3. Click OK.

Key-in: LABEL ELEMENT