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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Concept: Assembly Annotations

Concept: Assembly Annotations

Annotations enable you to structure, organize, and label your assembly diagrams. Studio provides these options under the
Annotations
 section of the
Palette
:
  • Rectangle
  • Ellipse
  • Note
  • Text
  • Swimlane
You can:
  • Use the
    Rectangle
    ,
    Ellipse
    ,
    Note
    , and
    Text
     annotations to add general explanatory text to your assembly.
  • Use the
    Show/Hide annotations
     button to display or hide the
    Rectangle
    ,
    Ellipse
    ,
    Note
    , and
    Text
     annotations. You can only add new annotations to assembly diagrams when
    Show annotations
     is active.
  • Use the pin icon on
    Rectangle
    ,
    Ellipse
    ,
    Note
    , and
    Text
     annotations to pin them to your assembly. Pinned annotations always display on your diagrams, even when
    Hide annotations
     is active.

Swimlanes

Swimlanes enable you to organize assembly components into groups.
You can:
  • Display or hide swimlane descriptions by clicking the
    Show/Hide swimlane descriptions
     button.
  • Expand and collapse all swimlanes by clicking the
    Expand all swimlanes
     and
    Collapse all swimlanes
     buttons.
  • Expand and collapse individual swimlanes by clicking the plus and minus icons in their headers. Swimlane status is persistent. When you open an assembly, swimlanes display in the collapsed or visible state they were in when the assembly was saved.
Swimlanes are nestable.