Sample Dimension Info Box

Sample Point Info Box

### Text Box Mode

The Operation | Graphics Display Window | Change Screen Mode | Text Box menu option places PC-DMIS into a mode that lets you manipulate feature IDs, feature control frames, scan points, CAD GD&T callouts, as well as quickly create and modify Dimension Info
and Point Info
text boxes.

You can create these text boxes by using shortcut menus that appear when you right-click or box-select feature IDs or features. See the "Inserting Dimension Info Boxes" and "Inserting Point Info Boxes" topics in the "Inserting Report Commands" section.

Note: Inside the Graphics Display window, notice that when you move the mouse over either a feature, or a feature's ID label, that PC-DMIS highlights the feature on the CAD drawing. This helps you quickly identify the feature associated with a particular label.

The following are the shortcut menus available inside Text Box Mode:

- If you right-click on the feature, feature's ID label, or text box, PC-DMIS displays a shortcut menu for that feature. See "Feature Shortcut Menu" in the "Using Shortcut Keys and Shortcut Menus" section.

- If you right-click on a Dimension info or Point Info box, PC-DMIS displays a shortcut menu for that text box. See "Feature Shortcut Menu" in the "Using Shortcut Keys and Shortcut Menus" section.

- If you right-click on a CAD GD&T callout, PC-DMIS displays a shortcut menu for that callout. See "Feature Shortcut Menu" in the "Using Shortcut Keys and Shortcut Menus" section.

- If you box-select one or more features, PC-DMIS displays a shortcut menu. See "Box-Select Shortcut Menu" in the "Using Shortcut Keys and Shortcut Menus" section.

- If you right-click on a scan point you can use the Move Cursor To menu item to jump to that point. See "Locating Points in a Scan" in the "Scanning your Part" section.

Note: When your mouse isn't over a feature or text box, PC-DMIS allows you to perform the normal translate mode operations of zooming and rotating the part with the right mouse button. See "Translate Mode" for additional information.

Tip: For a quick way to create a DIMINFO or a POINTINFO box, simply double-click on a feature or feature ID label. PC-DMIS can be in any mode. PC-DMIS automatically creates an info box based on current Edit Dimension Info or Edit Point Info dialog box settings.

Example: Suppose you created a DIMINFO box for a feature. Double-clicking on subsequent feature labels will create additional DIMINFO boxes for those features using the same settings selected the last time the Edit Dimension Info dialog box was used.