Add Material Callout ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

• Automatically calls out items on auto detailed drawings. The drawings need to be current with the 3D model.
• Add Material Callout can automatically add a submaterial mark label or hole symbol or bolt label in combination with optional leader lines and pointers.
• To call out auto detailed material, the drawing needs to be a member detail (including a group member detail) or submaterial detail or erection view drawing .
• Holes and bolts -- user added or auto detailed -- can be called out on those same drawing types plus on drawing types such as sheets and sheet outlines.
• If the drawing is out of date, you may get an needs-to-be-detailed warning .
• See (on this page):
  
  
  • Examples
  • Needs-to-be-detailed warning
  • Step-by-step instructions

Also see :

VIDEO Objects > Material Callout > Add is used to place material callouts, bolt callouts and hole symbols.

VIDEO Objects > Material Callout > Add is used to call out rebar from a floor slab. Because the rebar was modeled and then auto detailed, a Edit Rebar Item window is opened and its fields are automatically populated. The Rebar Item object " Thumbnail " and " Thumbnail scale " options are demonstrated.

• Edit Label (opens when calling out a material or bolt)
• Hole Symbol Input (opens when calling out a hole)
• Quantity included in a user added bolt callout ( Fab > Piecemarking > Mem and Mtrl Pcmarking > " Submaterial " tab > )
• Default designation for user added material callout ( Fab > Piecemarking > Mem and Mtrl Pcmarking > " Submaterial " tab > )
• Default designation for user added bolt callout ( Fab > Piecemarking > Mem and Mtrl Pcmarking > " Submaterial " tab > )
• Bolt callout ( Fabricator > Detailing > Bolt Detailing Settings > )
• Nut callout ( Fabricator > Detailing > Bolt Detailing Settings > )
• Review 2D Items (provides info on many of the same items as Add Material Callout )

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   Examples :

Pcmk only Mtrl type & pcmk Mtrl type, size & pcmk

The " Material designation type " on the Edit Label window lets you set whether the label shows the ' Piecemark only '; or the " Material type & pcmk " or the " Mtrl type, size & pcmk ." To add a material callout, select an auto-detailed material ( polygon ) in step 2 .

Bolt type only Bolt size and type

The " Bolt designation type " on the Edit Label window lets you set whether the label shows the ' Bolt type only ' or the " Bolt size and type ." To add a bolt callout, select an auto-detailed bolt in step 2 .

Hole symbol Slot symbol

A hole symbol or slot symbol is created automatically when you click an auto-detailed hole in step 2 .

This slot symbol with a segmented leader line was created by selecting a slot in step 2 , then using left-click ( Pointer ) twice, middle-click ( Hole Sym ) once.

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   Needs-to-be-detailed warning :

Since Add Material Callout gets its information about material from the 3D model in Modeling , the member detail , submaterial detail , or erection view drawing may give you a warning message similar to the following if that drawing is not up to date. You can also get a message like the following for auto detailed bolts and holes.

This drawing needs to be detailed before this item can be reviewed.

For erection views and bolts only: If your current drawing is an erection view that is out of date, you may not always get current information about a bolt (e.g., the bolt's length might be wrong). For member details, a needs-to-be-detailed message like that shown above will prevent this from happening. Also, since there are no bolts on submaterial details, this does not happen for submaterial details. The fix for this problem is to always keep your 2D erection views up to date. Of course, user-added bolts and holes will never produce a message like the above.

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  Step-by-step instructions :

The following instructions assume that you are using a 3-button mouse, that the User and Site Options > General > " Point location target " is set to ' Fancy ' ( ), and that you use mouse bindings similar to those shown in these illustrations. Right-click ( Return ) when you are done.

Before using this tool:

• If applicable : Various settings under the " Submaterial " tab in Member and Material Piecemarking apply to material or bolt callouts. These are: " Default designation for user added material callout " " Quantity included in a user added bolt callout " " Default designation for user added bolt callout ."
• Optional : On the layer selection tool , select the drawing layer to which you want to add the material/hole/bolt callout. This step is optional since you can select a different layer on the Edit Label window or Hole Symbol Input window, whichever opens in step 5.
• If applicable : Unshorten a member detail if you want Detail Members to later be able to correctly preserve ' User-created ' annotations. For best accuracy in any type of Drawing Editor drawing, you can count on measurement tools such as Dimension Add or Ruler or Construction Line Add using BSCL to reliably produce precise and consistent results in an unshortened drawing.

	1 . Invoke Add Material Callout .
	2 . Select an auto-detailed material ( polygon ) or any bolt or any hole . A needs-to-be-detailed warning may appear.
	3 . Left-click ( Pointer ) places the head of the pointer where the target ( ) is at. Note that a temporary callout label is shown. If the item selected in step 2 were a hole or slot, a temporary hole or slot symbol would be shown.
	4 . Middle-click ( Label ) places the end of the pointer where the target ( ) is at. For a hole or slot, the binding reporter says Hole Sym instead of Label . Alternatives: You can left-click ( Pointer ) before middle-click ( Label ) to create a segmented leader line as described in note 2 . Right-click ( Return ) is an alternative described in note 3 .
	5 . On the Edit Label window ( Hole Symbol Input window for a hole), enter the settings that you want applied to the callout, then press " OK ."
	5 . The material, bolt or hole callout has been added. The Material Callout operation is done.

Note 1: To invoke Add Material Callout , choose Objects > Material Callout > Add , or use a keyboard shortcut (if one has been set up), or click the icon pictured above (if it has been placed on your tool bar).

Note 2: An arrowhead is placed at the point location target ( ) the first time that you left-click ( Pointer ). Each additional left-click adds a new line segment to the leader line.

The mouse bindings that you get in step 3.

This material callout with a segmented leader line was created by selecting an angle in step 2, then using left-click ( Pointer ) twice, middle-click ( Label ) once.

Note 3: In step 4, doing a right-click ( Return ) instead of a middle-click ( Label ) would end the Add Material Callout operation but retain any leader lines that you already laid out, thus giving you leader lines without a label .

The mouse bindings that you get in step 4.

<	This leader line with no label or hole symbol was created using left-click ( Pointer ) four times, right-click ( Return ) once.

Note 4: You can add multiple leader lines with multiple heads.

Hold down the Shift key to get a New Head mouse binding.

Tip 1: When you are done, you can Undo to remove the callout you have added.

Tip 2: As shown here , you can drag a label (or hole symbol) and stretch the pointer that is attached to it. To detach the pointer from the label (or hole symbol), hold down the Shift key while dragging the label (or hole symbol). Alternatively, you can detach the pointer by dragging it away from the label (or hole symbol).

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