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<p>Note:
    	 Not all properties apply to all actors.</p>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="tablenoborder"><table xmlns="" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="void" border="1" rules="all"><thead xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" align="left"><tr><th class="cellrowborder" valign="top" id="d6963e18">Category</th>
<th class="cellrowborder" valign="top" id="d6963e20">Property / Description</th>
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<tbody xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><tr><td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="14" valign="top" headers="d6963e18 ">N/A</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Name</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the actor name. This name appears in the Collaboration or Assembly tree and is the default tooltip text.</p></dd>
</dl>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Tooltip</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the tooltip text that appears when you hover over the actor. The default is the actor name, but you can select a different property or meta-property, or type a text string. To type text, which itself can contain properties, select 
<span class="uicontrol">String</span> and use the 
<span class="uicontrol">Tooltip string</span> property.
</p>
<p xmlns="">Note:
    	 By default, labels attached to an actor display the actor's tooltip text. To change this behavior, modify the label's 
<span class="uicontrol">Text</span> property.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Opacity</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the opacity, from 0 (transparent) to 255 (solid).
</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Stay on top</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Makes the collaborative actor visible even when a geometry actor covers it.
</p></dd>
</dl>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Auto show</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Displays hidden annotation and measurement actors temporarily when you move the mouse pointer over the associated geometry actor. The annotation or measurement disappears when you hover over a different actor.</p><p xmlns="">Note:
    	The Collaboration tree does not reflect this temporary change of visibility.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Show red lines</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">(Available for radius and diameter measurements only.) Shows the measurement construction circle.
</p></dd>
</dl>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Show construction line</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">(Not available when 
<span class="uicontrol">Show red lines</span> is cleared.) Shows construction lines.</p></dd>
</dl>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns="">
  <dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Auto alignment</span>
  </dt>

  <dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	 <p xmlns="">Specifies positions for collaborative actors with respect to their
		associated geometry actors: 
		<span class="uicontrol">Perimetric</span>, 
		<span class="uicontrol">Circle</span>, 
		<span class="uicontrol">Rectangle</span>, 
		<span class="uicontrol">Bottom</span>, 
		<span class="uicontrol">Bottom and left</span>, 
		<span class="uicontrol">Bottom and right</span>, 
		<span class="uicontrol">Bottom and top</span>, 
		<span class="uicontrol">Top</span>, 
		<span class="uicontrol">Top and left</span>, 
		<span class="uicontrol">Top and right</span>, 
		<span class="uicontrol">Left</span>, 
		<span class="uicontrol">Left and right</span>, 
		<span class="uicontrol">Right</span>, 
		<span class="uicontrol">Free 2D</span>, 
		<span class="uicontrol">Free 3D</span>. 
	 </p>
	 <p xmlns="">Notes:
    	
		<ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
		  <li>To align collaborative actors using magnetic lines, 
			 <span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Auto alignment</span> must be 
			 <span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Free 2D</span> or 
			 <span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Free 3D</span>. When dragged onto a magnetic line, an
			 actor's 
			 <span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Auto alignment</span> is set to 
			 <span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Free 2D</span> automatically.
		  </li>

		  <li> To ensure that cutting planes are applied to annotations, you must
			 set 
			 <span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Auto alignment</span> to either 
			 <span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Free 2D</span> or to 
			 <span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Free 3D</span>.
		  </li>

		</ul>
 
	 </p>

  </dd>

</dl>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Value (Diameter, Length, etc.)</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the measurement value. Changing the value changes the measurement construction lines.</p><p xmlns=""><span class="run-in">Tip:
		</span> To change the value displayed by the measurement actor without changing the actual measurement, clear the 
<span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Measurement/GD&amp;T</span> &gt; <span class="uicontrol">Display value</span></span> property and specify a pre, middle, or post string.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Complementary</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Flips the arc direction.</p></dd>
</dl>
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</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Value (Diameter, Length, etc.)</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the measurement value. Changing the value changes the measurement construction lines.</p><p xmlns=""><span class="run-in">Tip:
		</span> To change the value displayed by the measurement actor without changing the actual measurement, clear the 
<span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Measurement/GD&amp;T</span> &gt; <span class="uicontrol">Display value</span></span> property and specify a pre, middle, or post string.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Display name
</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Displays the coordinate system name on the icon.
</dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Display axes labels
</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Displays axes labels on the icon.
</dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Size
</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Specifies the size of the coordinate system icon.
</dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="2" valign="top" headers="d6963e18 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Geometrical tolerance</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Pre symbol, Middle symbol, Post symbol</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the pre-, middle-, or post-position GD&amp;T symbol.</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Pre string, Middle string, Post string</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the pre-, middle-, or post-position string.


</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="4" valign="top" headers="d6963e18 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Text</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Color</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the text color.</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Font</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the font family, style, and size of actor text. The default font family is your machine's default font or Arial depending on 
<span class="uicontrol">Use default GUI font for text</span> (Application Preferences - Viewport). The default size is specified by 
<span class="uicontrol">Font size</span> ([Default] Document Properties - Paper Space). 
</p><p xmlns="">Notes:
    	<ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><li>
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Font</span> (size) and 
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Size</span> properties are linked.
</li>
<li>When a font is not available in a vector image format, it is replaced by a default font. If the vector output is not acceptable, use a different font in Composer.</li>
</ul>
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Size</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the text size, in points. The default size is specified by 
<span class="uicontrol">Font size</span> (in <span class="wintitle">[Default] Document Properties - Paper Space</span>).
</p><p xmlns="">
<p>Notes:
    	<ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><li>
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Font</span> (size) and 
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Size</span> properties are linked.</li>
<li>Because 
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Size</span> is stored as pixels in Composer files, changing your screen resolution (DPI) changes rendered text sizes.</li>
</ul>
</p>
</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Size in paper space</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Defines the font size in the paper space. When you resize the viewport or zoom the paper space, the text scales accordingly. To define text size as fixed in the viewport, clear this property.</p><p xmlns="">
<p>Note:
    	 You can specify the default value using 
<span class="uicontrol">AnnotationRelativeComposer</span> (for Composer) or 
<span class="uicontrol">AnnotationRelativePlayer</span> (for Composer Player) on the Application Preferences - Advanced Settings page.
</p>
</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e18 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Attach</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Type</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the attachment line style. You can position the attach line by dragging the anchor at either endpoint.
</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="3" valign="top" headers="d6963e18 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Shape</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Shape</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the annotation shape.</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Color</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the shape background color.</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Opacity</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the shape background opacity.</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="5" valign="top" headers="d6963e18 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Line</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Show</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">
Displays a background border.
</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Width</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the line width, in millimeters.</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Opacity</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the actor opacity (between 0 and 255).</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Color</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the line color.</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Type</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the line style.</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="4" valign="top" headers="d6963e18 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Border</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Show</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Displays the border.</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Width</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the border line width, in millimeters.</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Opacity</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the border opacity (between 0 and 255).</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Color</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Specifies the border color.</p></dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e18 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Event</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d6963e20 "><dl xmlns=""><dt xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="dlterm"><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Link</span></dt>
<dd xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p xmlns="">Defines the action performed when a user clicks an actor or hotspot in the viewport or in vector image output.
</p><p xmlns="">To create an event link:</p><ol><li>Click in the 
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Link</span> field and then click 
<span>[...]</span>.</li>
<li>In the 
<span xmlns="" class="wintitle">Select a Link</span> dialog box,  select a link type in the 
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">URL</span> field, specify an appropriate target for that type, and then click 
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">OK</span>.<p xmlns="">See <a href="cps-c-ui-DialogBoxes-SelectLink.htm#cps-c-ui-DialogBoxes-SelectLink" title="The Select a Link dialog box lets you define actor and hotspot event links.">Select a Link</a>.</p></li>
<li>To test the event in the viewport, disable 
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Design Mode</span> 
<img xmlns="" src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSEditDesignMode.png"/> (status bar) and then click the actor or hotspot.
</li>
</ol>
</dd>
</dl>
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