Inserting Detail Callouts

 

Detail Callouts can be of two types:

Detail Callout is used to refer to a specific detail that has already been added to the Detail Manager, or that you know exists as a Standard or Component Detail.

Detail Placeholder is used to signify that a detail will be associated with this callout at a future date.

 

Detail Callouts

 

Step 1 – Select Insert Detail Callout

 

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When you select Detail Callout the options for the callout will appear.

 

Detail Callout Option dialog box.

 

The Detail Options are:

Detail Section which will create a section line at the location of the component to be detailed.

Detail Arrow will point with an arrow to the component to be detailed.

Detail Circle will encircle the component to be detailed.

Section Flag allows pointing along a section line.

Section Double provides an alternate method of pointing along a section line.

Plain option allows inserting a callout with no arrow option at all.

 

Include detail title: when this box is checked, the title of the detail will be printed alongside the callout.

 

For example, select Detail Section. The command line will ask:

 

Start detail cut.

 

Select point 1 on the drawing to define the start of the detail cut flag. The command line will ask:

 

End detail cut.

 

Select point 2 on the drawing to define the end of the detail cut flag.

 

Select point 3 which will define where the horizontal leader line will occur.

 

Select point 4 which will be the start of the detail callout circle.

 

Detail Callout sequence.

Finished callout.

F Remember:

§	The first callout leader line will be inline with the two points you just entered, so some care should be taken that you are satisfied with the angle of the two points you selected.

§	The detail cut flag (or two thick lines on each side of the leader line, to signify where the detail is being taken) will occur between the first two points above. Some care should be taken that you are satisfied with the length of the detail cut flag.

 

The detail callout is now associated with the detail selected. Notice that the callout bubble appears blank. This is because you have not yet placed the detail into the drawing, so Land F/X does not yet know the sheet and detail number to indicate this detail. When you place the detail into the drawing, no matter what sheet it is on, simply update the detail callouts and this information will automatically be filled in.

 

If the detail you were associating with this callout had already been placed into any drawing of the project, then the detail callout would have had the sheet number and detail number automatically filled in.

 

Detail Arrow simply puts an arrow point at the first selection click, and Detail Circle simply asks for the center and outer edge of a circle before placing the callout.

 

Examples of the three different types of Detail Callout leaders, Section, Arrow, and Circle.

 

Step 2 – Associate a detail with the callout.

When you insert a Detail Callout, the Detail Manager for that project will appear. This will indicate any details you have previously selected for the project. You can either click on one of the existing details added to the project, thus associating it with the callout, or add a Standard or Component Detail to the project if necessary.

 

Detail Manager, displaying details in current project, including recently added one to be associated with the current callout.

 

After selecting OK, the callout will be associated with this detail.

 

Detail Callouts Within a Component Detail

 

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You are able to place detail callouts within a Component Detail. This is useful to have one overall detail, that then references the other details in the component. As the detail references can not be assigned until the details are saved, there are two general ways to accomplish this:

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Place Detail Callout placeholders into the detail while initially defining it; then after saving all the details for the Component, use the Edit Detail button to click on the detail File Number to edit the finalized detail; here, you can Associate the Placeholders to become Detail Callouts and save the changes to the detail.

§	After saving all the details for a component, either use the Edit Detail button, or the Edit detail capability of the Detail Info dialog box to edit the finalized detail; here, insert Detail Callouts to the other finalized details, and save the changes.