
Now see how the leader note automatically picks up this information and displays it as the default text.

That means all the information about it is already stored in AutoCAD Mechanical toolset. I dropped this key from the content library earlier. Suppose you want to add a note to this key, just click Leader Note from the Annotate tab and select the key.

It’s as easy as that! Now let’s see how it works and add some annotation symbols to this shaft. Simply choose a standard, select the symbols and insert them directly into your drawing. AutoCAD Mechanical toolset comes with all the frequently used annotation symbols and also supports numerous standards. If this has been a time consuming task of adding blocks, exploding and modifying them, I have good news for you. In this video I’ll show you how to annotate drawings with symbols.
