Label Style and Text Style references appear frequently in the default settings and share the same attributes. Double-click the label or text value to display the style reference window. For example, click File > Settings > Dimension > Dim Text Settings. Double-click Text Style (under Main Value). The Text Style of Annotation/Dimension/Text/Main Value table opens. Here you can choose a style or create a new one, setting such values as:
• Style — Name of style
• Size — Creo Elements/Direct Annotation has a default size of 3.5 mm or equivalent (that is, depending on the Units condition).
• Color — Select from the drop-down list.
• Frame
You can set a balloon, box, or flag frame to be drawn around new text. Creo Elements/Direct Annotation's default is to draw no frame.
The color of a frame is the same as the color of the text it surrounds.
The figure shows text within a balloon frame.
A balloon around a single character becomes a circle.
The figure below shows text within a box frame.
The figure shows text within a flag frame.
• Font — Select from the drop-down list.
• Filled
This will only affect text fonts that can be filled, such as " hp_block_c ". The Creo Elements/Direct Annotation default is not to fill text characters.
The figure shows an example (unfilled and filled).
• Ratio
Creo Elements/Direct Annotation has a default width-to-height ratio of 1. (The text height is determined by the size setting.)
The figure shows text with a ratio of 1 and a ratio of 2.
• Slant
Creo Elements/Direct Annotation has a default of 0 degrees. A positive angle, measured from the vertical, slants characters to the right. The possible slant range is -80 degrees to 80 degrees.
The figure shows text with a 15 degrees slant.
• Angle
Creo Elements/Direct Annotation measures an absolute angle between the x-axis and the text baseline. The default is 0 degrees.
The figure shows the text angle.
• Adjust
You can adjust the origin of new text used when locating it on the sheet. This is useful for aligning text in tables. The Creo Elements/Direct Annotation default position is the lower left corner.
The text origin is a vertex point, and can be seen by turning Vertices on in the Show menu (Sh).
The figure shows the possible cursor positions in a text box. This is similar to the Adjust graphic that appears when you click Adjust in the menu.
• Linespace
Creo Elements/Direct Annotation has a default of 2.2 mm. The distance between lines of text in a block is determined as follows:
