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Maavhamt
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Annotations on drawings

Postby Maavhamt » Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:41 am

Hi,
I have just updated an old drawing but have forgotten how to update the annotations! Also they have got jumbled up somehow. Please advise how I update and align the annotations. Thanks.
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OS: Windows 10
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.4 (GitTag)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-18
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Python version: 3.6.6
Qt version: 5.6.2
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OCC version: 7.3.0
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Re: Annotations on drawings

Postby Maavhamt » Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:44 am

It's OK I've just worked in it out. "Editable Texts" in the "Page" tab on the tree...
Problem solved.
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Re: Annotations on drawings

Postby Maavhamt » Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:52 am

No I haven't, I can edit the text but not the position on the drawing, so I'm still stuck.
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Re: Annotations on drawings

Postby Kunda1 » Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:37 am

How was this file created?
In the TechDraw Workbench or (the now obsolete) Drawing Dimensions Workbench ?

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Re: Annotations on drawings

Postby wandererfan » Fri Jan 17, 2020 1:17 pm

Kunda1 wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:37 am
 How was this file created?
In the TechDraw Workbench or (the now obsolete) Drawing Dimensions Workbench ?
It is Drawing WB. You can tell by the checkerboard background.

Drawing Dimensions was an add on for Drawing.
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Re: Annotations on drawings

Postby vocx » Fri Jan 17, 2020 4:33 pm

Maavhamt wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:41 am
 Hi,
I have just updated an old drawing ...

Version: 0.18.4 (GitTag)
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The Drawing Workbench is obsolete. To modify these files, you should stick to FreeCAD 0.16 and use Drawing there.

The newer TechDraw Workbench is the replacement since 0.17. In 0.18 it has more tools, and it's much more improved in 0.19 (in development).

Nobody is maintaining the Drawing Workbench nor the Drawing Dimensioning Addon, so our recommendation is to re-create your drawings in TechDraw, or to stick with the old version.
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Re: Annotations on drawings

Postby Maavhamt » Mon Jan 20, 2020 2:07 pm

OK guys thanks it was in DrawingDimension a couple of years ago that I made that drawing. So I'll use the new bench.
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