For a description of generic settings common to all tools in the Toolbox, see Working in Tool Settings Dialog Boxes.
For more information on this tool, see Details.
Reference ID: This editable field contains the ID of the generated Detail viewpoint. The ID serves to identify the Detail in the project window and in the Navigator.
Name: Enter a Name for the Detail Drawing if desired. This name appears in the Navigator palette and the title bar of the Detail window.
Note: If you place a Linked or Independent marker that does not generate a viewpoint, the ID/Name fields are grey.
Use the next pop-ups to either place a new Detail Marker (Detail Default Settings) or redefine the selected Detail Marker:
To Place a New Detail Marker (Detail Default Settings)
If you choose Create New Detail Viewpoint:
select one of the items about which the Detail Marker should display information:
•the Detail viewpoint
or
•the first placed drawing of the Detail viewpoint
If you choose Place Linked Marker:
select one of the items about which the Detail Marker should display information:
•a selected viewpoint
•a selected drawing
•the first placed drawing of the selected viewpoint
•the first placed drawing of the selected view
If you choose Place Unlinked Marker:
the Detail Marker will not contain any linked information; you can define a custom text in the Marker Panel below.
Reference to: shows the path (location in the Navigator hierarchy) of the chosen reference item.
Copy construction elements only: If this box is checked, only 2D lines/fills and construction elements from the model view will be exploded and copied into the Detail viewpoint (without dimensions/annotations).
For information on annotation elements cut by the Detail boundary, see Annotations, Dimensions and Markers Cut by the Boundary.
To Redefine a Placed Detail Marker (when a placed Section line or Marker is selected)
The pop-up fields give you feedback on the current status of the selected Marker (either Source Marker, Linked Marker, or Unlinked Marker).
Use the pop-ups to change the status as needed.
To redefine the Marker information: Choose from among the pop-up choices, or click the Browse button to select the viewpoint/view/drawing whose information you wish to display in the Marker. The available choices vary depending on the Marker status (Source Marker, Linked Marker or Unlinked Marker).
For an Unlinked Marker, enter a custom text in the Marker Panel below.
Select Marker Type pop-up: Select a parametric detail marker from this list.
The chosen marker’s 2D Symbol and the parameters of the corresponding GDL Object appear in the preview and list fields respectively. The marker may include custom settings, as seen in the next panel.
Marker formatting: Choose a pencolor, penweight, font, font encoding, text size, height, and text style to format the marker.
Use Symbol Colors: Check this box to ignore Pencolor setting above and use Pencolor used when the element’s 2D symbol was created.
Marker Angle: Use these radio buttons to set the desired Marker angle: either horizontal (default), or custom (enter the desired placement angle.)
On the right, a preview area shows you how the Marker will look when placed. Detail Markers are parametric GDL Objects. If you have chosen a Marker in the pop-up on top of the panel, the relevant editable parameters will be listed in the parameter window.
The Marker Head panel contains controls for the Detail Marker’s 2D Symbol.
Detail Marker Head/Marker Styles Panel
Use these controls further specify the appearance and content of the Parametric Marker object (chosen in Marker panel above). Available options depend on the Marker object.
Note that changes made to the Marker information (First Text Row/Second Text Row) are previewed in the Marker panel above.