How to specify the position of freely placed attributes

The position of freely placed attributes is aligned relative to the center of the object for which they are placed. If you set the horizontal and vertical placement of a freely placed attribute to 10 mm, the center of the placed attribute will be positioned 10 mm to the right and 10 mm below the center of the object.

If you change the contents of the placed attribute, the alignment of the center to the center of the object remains constant, that is, adding or removing text causes contents to be added or removed around the center of the attribute placement.

Free attribute placement

By defining a fixed text box for the placed attribute you can specify that this text box is always displayed at the same position and with the required size, regardless of the amount of text. Thus, the placed attribute remains positioned at the defined position even if changes are made.

Freely placed attribute with text box

See also

Place attributes in a text box

Use drag and drop to place attributes