Document Properties - Annotations

You can specify document-level drafting settings for all annotations. Available for all document types.

To display this dialog box:

In a drawing, click Options (Standard toolbar), select the Document Properties tab, and then select Annotations.

Overall drafting standard

Overall drafting standard Inherited from the selected Drafting Standard page settings.

Text

Font

Click to modify the font.
Each time you change the annotation font, the document-level font for each annotation type is updated accordingly.

Attachments

Select the type of arrow displayed when the leader is attached to certain types of geometry.

Edge/vertex Select the arrow type for attaching annotations to an edge or vertex.
Face/Surface Select the arrow type for attaching annotations to a face or surface.
Unattached Select the arrow type for annotations that are not attached.  

Bent leaders

Use bent leaders

Inserts a horizontal bend in the leader that is aligned with the text. Enter the length of the unbent portion of the leader in Leader length.

Options

Leading zeroes
Standard Leading zeroes appear according to the overall drafting standard.
Show Zeroes before decimal points are shown.
Remove Leading zeroes do not appear.
Trailing zeroes
Remove only on zero Trailing zeroes are trimmed for whole metric values, conforming to ANSI and ISO standards.
Show Trailing zeroes are displayed according to the decimal places you specify for Units.
Remove Trailing zeroes do not appear.
Same as source Trailing zeroes appear according to the ASME Y14.5M-1994 standard.
Show type in thread callouts Includes the thread Type (such as Machine Threads or Straight Pipe Thread) in the callout. Clear the option to exclude thread Type from the callout.



Option selected



Option cleared
Apply new cosmetic thread behavior to new parts Applies the cosmetic thread functionality for Depth and feature ownership to cosmetic threads created in SOLIDWORKS 2022 and later. This option is selected by default for new part templates and cleared for legacy part templates. This option is enabled for new part templates only; it is disabled for part documents. See Cosmetic Threads PropertyManager and Cosmetic Thread Feature Ownership.
For part templates created in SOLIDWORKS 2022 and later, you can retain the legacy functionality for Depth and feature ownership. In part templates, before you add cosmetic threads, click Tools > Options > Document Properties > Drafting Standard > Annotations and clear Apply new cosmetic thread behavior to new parts.

If you use the Insert > Mirror Part command, the mirrored part inherits the cosmetic thread behavior from the base part. For example, if the base part is created in SOLIDWORKS 2021, the mirrored part inherits the legacy behavior for cosmetic threads from the base part.