Tool Guide

Framed Text

Use Framed Text to place a note with an adjustable frame, pointer and optional extension lines. One object can display the same note across a selected range of storeys.

At a glance

  • Choose a frame and control how the text wraps within it.
  • Add a pointer or extension lines with optional end symbols.
  • Display the same note on several storeys without placing separate copies.
Framed note with pointerA double-diamond frame with a left-side pointer.
Text and frameChoose the frame type and the space around the note.

Enter the note and select the required frame. Enable Wrap to limit the text width and allow longer text to continue on additional lines.

Clearance controls the space between the text and its frame. Other controls, such as radius, depth or roughness, appear where they apply to the chosen frame type.

Frame settingsChoose the frame shape, padding, graphics, fill and pointer.
Pointer and extension linesAdd the lines needed to connect the note to the drawing.

Use the pointer settings to add a leader to the framed note. Extension lines provide another way to relate the frame to surrounding drawing information.

The extension lines can be adjusted independently or matched. Set their gap from the frame and choose end symbols where required.

Multi-storey displayDefine the range in which the note should appear.

Set Lowest Storey and Highest Storey to define the display range. Both selected storeys are included.

Keep Archicad’s Show on Stories set to All Stories, as directed in Display settings, so the object’s own range can control its visibility. The range repeats the same object and note; it does not create independently editable copies.

Display · Storey rangeSet the lowest and highest storeys on which the same note appears.