Object 40 "Comment" (Entity Type "Object") Changed in Version 2021.0

This object type is used to apply a comment text to any object, area or location inside a drawing. The comment is only visible on the screen, it will not be output to printers. This is used for information interchange of several engineers working on the same drawing.

If the comment contains surface information, that surface will be displayed on the screen in addition to the comment's symbol.

Data Block Sequence

Data Block 000( Position )

Data Block 110( Text )

Data Block 240( Options )

These data blocks are optionally followed by a sequence of data blocks identical to those stored in an object of type "Surface", see Object 13 "Surface".

Parameters

Position

[MKI_POINT] Reference position (where the comment's symbol will point to).

Text

[MKI_STRLONGW] Comment text to be displayed. Its length may be up to MKI_LENGTH_TEXT_LONG characters including the terminating zero character (0x00). In order to achieve a tabulator, use the character ¬ (Unicode 172). For a line feed, use the character ¶ (Unicode 182). All other characters will be displayed using the given font. Characters below Unicode 32 will be ignored. See also Advanced Text Capabilities.

Options

[MKI_COMMENTDATA] Comment parameters.

Interface Command Sequence

MKI_ObjectOpen, Type = MKI_OBJ_COMMENT

MKI_ObjectAddPoint, Type = MKI_DB_POINT_ANY

MKI_ObjectAddTextLong, StaticLength = false

MKI_ObjectAddCommentData

Optional

MKI_ObjectAddPoint, Type = MKI_DB_POINT_START

         ...

MKI_ObjectAddPoint, Type = MKI_DB_POINT_END

         ...

MKI_ObjectAddPoint, Type = MKI_DB_POINT_PIVOT1

MKI_ObjectAddPoint, Type = MKI_DB_POINT_PIVOT2

MKI_ObjectAddPoint, Type = MKI_DB_POINT_END

         ...

MKI_ObjectAddPoint, Type = MKI_DB_POINT_ARC

MKI_ObjectAddCurve

         ...

MKI_ObjectFastInsert

Use the MKI_PARSE_OBJ_COMMENT class to parse the data blocks of such an object in memory.