### Manipulating Labels

The part's CAD image in the CAD tab is surrounded by labels that display information about the features or feature variables you have selected in the form of different charts. You can manipulate the labels as described below.

Note: Unlike the Chart tab, you cannot perform a right-click mouse zoom on specific data points in these labels. The charts used inside the labels are essentially static images; although you can enlarge the size by using the standard Zoom icon.

Changing the Chart Used

The labels format changes according to the current chart display used in the CAD tab. To change the chart used in the labels, click on the Change Charts Type icon and select a chart from the resulting drop-down list.

See "Chart Descriptions".

Moving Labels

You can move labels to a new location by clicking the Edit icon from the toolbar and then clicking on the desired label. Small square "handles" appear around the label indicating that you can change its position.

Simply drag the label with the mouse to it's new position.

Hiding Labels

To hide labels from the CAD report, select one or more labels and then right-clicking on one of the selected label objects and choose the Show/Hide Labels menu item.

To hide all the labels at once, if none is already hidden, select the main CAD image, right-click on it and choose Show/Hide Labels.

Showing Labels

To show hidden labels, select the main CAD image in the CAD report, right-click on it and choose Show/Hide Labels.

Showing or Hiding Leader Lines

Leader lines point from the labels to a part on the CAD image. You can show or hide these leader lines by right-clicking on a label object and choosing the Show/Hide LeaderLines menu item.

Moving Leader Lines

When you click on a leader line, three connection points will appear within small square handles allowing you to drag each connection point to a new location to move your leader lines. The three connection points are discussed below:

Three connection points within square handles

1. Label Connection Point - The label connection point can connect to a label object at the object's corner or middle of a side.

Drag the end of the leader line to another corner or side, and release the mouse button to modify where it connects to the object.

2. Middle Connection Point - The middle connection point lets you break your leader line into two connected segments, by dragging the connection point to a new location like this:

3. Termination Connection Point - The termination connection point determines what to point to on the CAD model. By default it points to the center point (or centroid) of the feature in question. Once selected change its connection point to any position:

If you make an unintended change to your leader connection points, you can press CTRL + Z on your board to undo (or CTRL + Y to redo) your leader line manipulations. In addition, you can right-click on the label and choose Reset LeaderLines.

Hint: If you keep selecting the CAD model instead of the leader line, watch the mouse cursor. When you hover it over the CAD or the leader line, it will change to this style when it's over the leader line:
In addition, enlarging the view of the CAD tabbed window may help you select the leader line. See the "Pan and Zoom Icon" topic.

Change Label Template

A quick way to change the template assigned to a label object is to right-click on the label object and select the Change Labels option from the menu.

Navigate to the folder where the new label template is saved using the displayed dialog. Select the label template file and click on the OK button to apply the new template to the CAD labels.

Changing Label Settings

See "Label Settings".