### 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.

Sample Point Info Box

Sample Dimension Info Box

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.