How Do I Annotate my Design?

You Can Annotate With Arrows and Notes

You can add a note by simply copying text and pasting it directly into the canvas, or you can add notes and leader arrows to your design with the Design -> Draw -> Add note tool. Click and drag the tool to add a leader arrow to your note. Double click on a leader arrow to add a bend point. Double click the Select tool on an existing note to edit it.

Arrows and Notes are Highly Configurable

You can use the Arrow Angle and Arrow style tool settings to control the angle and draw style of your leader arrows:

Leader arrows and notes are very customisable so you can make them look exactly how you want. Use the context menu item Format Note to change the border style and colour, fill, padding, and border shape of the note.

Configuring Note Shapes

You can select from rectangular, circular, and hexagonal note border shapes. Each has a split option for when you want to have a border between two lines (simply use a carriage return in your note to put text on the lower split).

Part Labels Can Have Dynamic Tags

Part labels have the same formatting options as notes. A part can have a label that displays its data dynamically on the canvas. In the Edit Label dialog, clicking on the Insert Field drop-down arrow (circled below) will show you the type of data that you can insert into a label:

The name of the data field will be shown as a tag between the special characters: « and », and this field will be updated dynamically with data from your design. This lets you show a part's air flow, width, height, or radiator power (depending on what type of part it is) in that part's label.

You Can Annotate With Dimensions

Dimensions that are added to the canvas will automatically display their physical lengths. Select a dimension and use the context menu to edit their draw style, to set the precise length of the dimension, or to set their size via their line width. Double clicking on the dimension will also let you set its length directly.

Dimensions with the draw style Arrow will reduce their size and label size for very small dimensions, while the other draw styles will not. This makes arrow dimensions useful when you want them to be unobtrusive or uncluttered when labelling small lengths.