Title Box Properties

To access this screen:

  • Double-click the exterior border of a title box on a plot sheet.

  • Right-click a title box plot item and select Properties.

Set the formatting of a title box plot item.

  • Properties—All editable title box properties are shown here. See below for more information.
  • Drawing Order—Used to determine at which point in the screen drawing process the current item is drawn to the screen. See Drawing Order.

Changes are applied automatically to the target plot item when changed.

Note: Many of the formatting options below are also available on the Title Box ribbon, and via the Properties control bar.

Appearance
Border Choose if the title box has a visible external border. This setting only applies to the outer boundary of the entire title box.
Border Colour Set the colour of the outer border of the plot item.
Border Cell Width Set the width of the outer border of the plot item.
Inner/Outer Cell Borders

Enable or disable the internal and/or external cell borders. For example, the following image shows disabled Outer Cell Borders but enabled Inner Cell Borders:

With both borders enabled:


Cell Border Colour Control the color of the interior cells of the title box, if they are displayed.
Cell Border Width Set the width of interior cell borders within the plot item. This applies to the interior boundaries of all cells.
Cell Margins Choose if cell 'padding' is used within a cell to introduce white space around the cell contents.
Cell Margin Width If Cell Margins (see above) are used, the width of those margins (for all sides of the cell).
Cell Contents Colour For cell contents that have a colour, choose the default colour here. This applies to all items that don't have a custom colour.
Visible Is the control visible or hidden?
Opaque Can you 'see through' the unfilled parts of the cell or not.
Font
Font The font face, for example, Arial.
Height The height of the font in points.
Bold Make text elements bold.
Underline Make text elements underlined.
Italic Make text elements italicized.
Position
X The distance, in mm, from the left side of the plot item to the left side of the plot sheet.
Y The vertical distance from the top of the plot sheet to the top of the plot item.
Width The overall width of the plot item.
Height The overall height of the plot item.

For more information on the following settings, see Locatable Plot Items.

Location
Has Location Is this a locatable plot item or not?
Location Type Only displayed if Has Location = Yes, set if the location is represented by a fixed point in 3D space (Point) or as a 3D line intersecting with other projections in 3D space (Line).
Plot Position Determines how the plot item is positioned in relation to its associated location, either as a Fixed or Relative position.
Show Connector If the plot item is located, and this is set to "Yes", an arrow connects the plot item to the associated position on the current plot. If set to "No" the arrow is not displayed.
Line Width If a connector is displayed, this is the width of the arrow.
Arrow Size If a connector is displayed, this is the width of the arrow head.
Line Colour The colour of a connector line, if one is displayed.
Location Point 1 (if Has Location = Yes)
X/Y/Z The absolute position of the locator point in 3D space, or the first point of the line if the Location Type = Line.
Location Point 2
X/Y/Z If Location Type = Line, the world coordinates of the end point of the location line in 3D space.

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