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Insert Annotation

In one sentence: Places a plain multi-line text block on the drawing page — for general notes, tolerances, material callouts, or reference text.

Overview

Workbench: TechDraw
Menu: TechDraw → Annotations → Insert Annotation

A text annotation is free-positioned and does not have a leader line. Use it for notes that apply to the drawing generally, not to a specific feature. For notes pointing at geometry, use Insert Leader Line.

Step-by-step

  1. Choose TechDraw → Annotations → Insert Annotation.
  2. The annotation appears on the page. Double-click it to edit the text.
  3. Drag it to position.

Properties

Property Description
Text The annotation text (multi-line supported)
Font Font family
TextSize Text height in mm
TextColor Text colour
MaxWidth Width at which text wraps to the next line

Python API

import FreeCAD as App

doc = App.ActiveDocument
page = doc.getObject("Page")

anno = doc.addObject("TechDraw::DrawViewAnnotation", "Note1")
anno.Text = ["GENERAL TOLERANCE ISO 2768-m", "UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED"]
anno.TextSize = 3.5
page.addView(anno)
doc.recompute()

See also