7.2 3D Label & Callouts

Justin Khabra

Updated March 07, 2025 01:41

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3D labels can be used to add text labels anywhere on your site plan. Use them to identify zones, streets, gate numbers, crane models or to relay important information. Callouts are textboxes that "float" in 3D space, with a leader that is anchored to a point in the scenario. Use them to relay important information related to a specific object in your site plan.

Labels

To Add a New 3D Label:

From the command dock on the left side of the screen, select Annotate > Label.
A label will be attached to your cursor in 3D. Click anywhere on your map or buildings to place the 3D label.
A side menu will appear on the right side of the screen with additional settings for color, size, text to display etc. Note: Upon creation a 3D label will inherit the settings used by the last label created.
Click "Done" to confirm the 3D label creation

To Edit an Existing 3D Label:

Find the label in 3D or the tree, double click or right-click and select Edit. The edit panel will appear on the right.

Label Display Settings:

Show by milestone / Show by slides:
- Show by milestones: (1) allows users to set the first and last milestones through which the label should appear on site for.
- Show by slides: (2) after clicking Select Slides, the list of all slides (from Presentation Mode) appears in a window for users to choose specific slides from. Confirm selection by clicking the Select Slide button. The label will only appear on site for the selected slides in Presentation Mode, and will be hidden from view in the rest of the slides, and will not appear in milestones. The label will be listed in the Slide items section of the slide (accessible through Presentation Mode)
Project on terrain (3): toggle on to project the label on to the map surface, contouring to the terrain; as labels will be detached from the terrain by default. Note: In the case of 3D labels, each individual 3D label in the scenario will take up a projection slot. As a best practice, we suggest keeping labels detached from the terrain to save the projection slots for other tools.
Text & background color
- The label text color (4) and background "card" color (5) can be adjusted by clicking the colored squares to display a selection of colors. Custom colors can also be set.
- Text field: (6) enter any text (or an emoji) to be displayed on the label in the text field.
- Turn on the Add clickable link (7) to display a clickable link on the label in Presentation Mode
Adjust the Text size using the slider (8) or enter a number between 0.1 and 100 in the text size field.
Set the preferred alignment (9), from the 3 options: Left, Right or Center
Choose to embolden or italicize the text using the B and/or I buttons (10).
Border color: can set and adjusted by clicking the colored square (11) to display a selection of colors. A custom color can also be set.
Click Done (12) to confirm the 3D label settings

Label Position Settings:

Clicking Move (1) will change your cursor to the move handle, while clicking Rotate (2) will change it to the rotation handle. Click and drag the handle axis/rotation-planes to reposition the label. The handle location can be changed from Part Origin to User-defined in the side sheet (3). Note: the hot keys for Move and Rotate are M and R respectively.
Click on the Move or Rotate tabs off the label's setting side sheet to display the position settings. By adjusting the text field values displayed in the side panel users can precisely set the X/Y/Z coordinates (4), and rotation around the X/Y/Z axis (5). Use the +/- buttons with a delta value as an alternative method to adjust. All position changes will be reflected live in 3D.
Use Snap To/Move To/Rotate To (6) to reposition the label in 2 clicks. First a point on the face of the label, and second something in your scenario. Snap to and Rotate to will reposition the Label to be coplanar with surface selected by the second click. While Move to will reposition the Label to intersect with the point selected in the second click. Note: the hot keys for Snap to is S.
Use Reposition to move the label in one click.
Click Done (7) to confirm the 3D label position.

To Delete a 3D Label:

There are several ways to delete a 3D label:

Select the label from the 3D view and press the Delete button on your keyboard.
Find the label in 3D or the tree, double click or right-click and select "Delete", or select "Edit" and the edit side sheet will appear on the right.
Near the bottom right corner of the side sheet click on the trashcan icon to delete the 3D label or simply.

Callouts

Callouts are textboxes that "float" in 3D space, with a leader that is anchored to a point in the scenario.

To Add a New Callout:

From the command dock on the left side of the screen, select Annotate > Callout. You can also add a callout from the tree by click the "+" (Add Callout) beside callout near the bottom of the tree.
An anchor-point/callout will be attached to your cursor in 3D. Click anywhere on your map or buildings to place the anchor/callout.
A side menu will appear on the right side of the screen with additional settings for color, size, text to display etc. Note: Upon creation a callout will inherit the settings used by the last callout created.
Click Done to confirm the 3D label creation

To Edit an Existing Callout:

Find the callout in 3D or the tree, double click or right-click and select Edit. The edit panel will appear on the right.

Callout Display Settings:

Show by milestone / Show by slides:
- Show by milestones: (1) allows users to set the first and last milestones through which the callout should appear on site for.
- Show by slides: (2) after clicking Select Slides, the list of all slides (from Presentation Mode) appears in a window for users to choose specific slides from. Finalize selection by click the Select Slide button. The callout will only appear on site for the selected slides in Presentation Mode, and will be hidden from view in the rest of the slides, and will not appear in milestones. The callout will be listed in the Slide items section of the slide (accessible through Presentation Mode)
- Text & background color
  - The callout text color (3) and background "card" color (4) can be adjusted by clicking the colored squares to display a selection of colors. Custom colors can also be set.
  - Text field: (5) enter any text (or an emoji) to be displayed on the callout in the text field.
- Turn on the Add clickable link (6) to display a clickable link on the label in Presentation Mode
- Adjust the Text size using the slider (7) or enter a number between 0.1 and 100 in the text size field.
- Set the preferred alignment (8), from the 3 options: Left, Right or Center
- Choose to embolden or italicize the text using the B and/or I buttons (9).
- Line color: is the color of the callout's border and leader and can set by clicking the colored square (10) to display a selection of colors. A custom color can also be set.
- Stroke: enable pixel based thickness (11) to have the callout size auto adjust to remain the same size on screen when panning/zooming in and out.
- Thickness: Use slider (12) to set the callout's leader line thickness.
- Sphere Radius: Use slider (13) to set the callout's anchor-point's size.
- Click the trashcan (14) to delete the callout
- Click Done (15) to confirm the Callout settings

Callout Adjustments:

The Adjust menu lets users customize a callout’s position, orientation, and anchor for better visibility and placement.

Label View mode. Clicking Face Label to Screen (1) automatically adjusts the callout's orientation to be parallel to the screen. The callout orientation is not linked to the point of view however, meaning the callout will remain stationary, and not rotate as the user moves/rotates their view.
Rotation: use slider (2) (or handle in 3D) to rotate the Callout around the Z axis of its anchor-point.
Tilt: use slider (3) (or handle in 3D) to tilt the Callout around the radial axis of its anchor-point.
Stem Location: The stem is the horizontal part of the leader that attaches to the callout. A callout has 4 locations where the stem can be attached: left (A), top (B), right (C) and bottom (D). Use the drop down (3) to make a selection.
Stem Length: Use slider (5) (or handle in 3D) to set the distance between the leader and the callout.
Horizontal position: Use slider (6) (or handle in 3D) to set the horizontal distance from the center of the callout to the anchor-point of the leader.
Vertical position: Use slider (7) (or handle in 3D) to set the vertical distance from the center of the callout to the anchor-point of the leader.
Depth: Use slider (8) (or handle in 3D) to adjust the depth. Depth is an offset that moves the callout closer/further relative to the screen/current view, while not altering the anchor-point's location.
Click Done (9) to confirm the Callout settings.

Callout Position Settings:

Clicking Move (1) will display the position settings and change your cursor to the move handle. Click and drag the move-axis in 3D to reposition the label. The handle location can be changed from Part Origin to User-defined in the side sheet (2). By adjusting the text field values displayed in the side panel users can precisely set the X/Y/Z coordinates (3). Use the +/- buttons with a delta value as an alternative method to adjust. All position changes will be reflected live in 3D. Note: the hot key for Move is M.
Use Reposition (5) to move the label in one click.
Click Done (4) to confirm the 3D label position

To Delete a Callout:

There are several ways to delete a callout:

Select the callout from the 3D view and press the Delete button on your keyboard.
Find the callout in 3D or the tree, double click or right-click and select Delete, or select Edit and the edit side sheet will appear on the right.
Near the bottom right corner of the side sheet click on the trashcan icon to delete the 3D label or simply.