Automatic Label of Holes (LOH): Editing

After the labels have been created, they can be edited later. Single or multiple labels can be edited and overwritten.

Editing Single Labels

Right-click on the label to display the following popup menu:

Select the required editing option.

Edit LOH

Edit the Label by opening the Label of Holes dialog in Edit mode.

The Edit mode enables you overwrite existing labels and to add new ones. The following options are available in Edit mode:

Overwrite Labels	The Overwrite Labels checkbox is displayed only when editing labels (single or multiple) and is disabled when creating labels. Selecting this checkbox enables the following: This activates the Labels section of the dialog, enabling you to edit all the labels and to overwrite the existing ones. Unchecking a selected label deletes that label. Additional labels can be added; these added labels are superimposed on the existing label. If you edit two labels, one is labelled as Hole ID and the other as Center X. The Hole ID receives the Center X label, and the Center X label receives the Hole ID label. Editing different types of labels. For example, if one is labeled Hole ID and the other is labeled Center X, then the Hole ID label also receives the Center X label, and the Center X label also receives the Hole ID label.
Adding Prefix and Postfix	Enables you to complete the prefix and postfix in edit mode and not in creation mode.
Changing the Label Format	This enables you to change the label type from Hole ID to one of the other options in edit mode. This can be done by selecting the Overwrite Labels checkbox.
Change the Distance	Change the distance in edit mode.

Edit as Text

Edit the Label by opening the Text dialog.

Editing Multiple Labels

Select the entire view by Box and then right-click to display the following popup menu:

Select the required editing option.

Multiple Edit LOH

Edit the Labels by opening the Label of Holes dialog in Edit mode.

If all the selected labels do not have the same structure (defined prefix/postfix, label format, etc.), those items that differ are marked in red. In the example above, at least one of the multiple selected labels, has a different precision and terminator setting, and also a different distance from its hole; hence the Precision, Terminator and Manual Distance fields are marked in red.

Clicking OK/Apply does not change the existing prefixes, but retains the different prefixes for the different labels (unless they are manually changed).

See the Edit mode explanations for this dialog when editing single labels.

Multiple Edit as Text

Edit the Labels by opening the Text dialog.

Some functionality may be dependent on the product package. Contact your Reseller if you require a license.