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Publishing Annotations

Annotations place text, SOLIDWORKS property values, watermarks, or QR codes on exported drawing sheets and PDFs. The selected profile stores the annotation collection.

Select PDMPublisher > Annotations to edit the active Publish profile, or use the command arrow to open a named profile. Use the focused pages beneath Publishing Annotations in the TOC:

Choose the Publish profile whose annotations you want to edit

Annotation editor and its controls

Annotation Editor Controls

Control What it does
Add annotation Adds a new annotation row to the selected profile.
Annotation text Sets literal text and placeholders evaluated during publishing.
Font and size Selects the typeface and point size.
Bold / Italic Applies emphasis to the annotation text.
Watermark Renders the annotation as a watermark.
Show annotation Includes the annotation during export. Clear it to keep the definition without publishing it.
QR code Renders the evaluated annotation value as a QR code.
Width (mm) Sets the QR code or annotation width in millimetres.
Drawing background Controls the drawing background used by the positioning preview.
Show placeholders Shows placeholder names in the preview instead of evaluated values.
Copy X,Y Copies the position of the selected SOLIDWORKS drawing note into the annotation's X and Y fields.
Position X / Y (%) Positions the annotation as a percentage of the sheet width and height.
Sheets Chooses which drawing sheets receive the annotation.
Names separated by comma Limits a named-sheet selection to the comma-separated sheet names.
OK / Cancel Saves the profile changes or closes the editor without saving them.

The drawing area is a positioning preview. Adding or moving an item there does not add a SOLIDWORKS note to the source drawing.

Category Pages
Content Add Annotation, Annotation Text, and SQL Query Placeholders
Appearance Text Formatting, Watermark, and Active
Placement Position and Sheets
Settings transfer Import and Export Annotations
Note

Annotation controls are shared with the PDM task, but the SOLIDWORKS add-in obtains properties from the active document and saves annotations in the selected Publish profile.

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