Annotation

The SDE30 enables annotation information to be attached to any feature within its database. Unlike other systems where text or annotations are standalone features, in the SDE30 annotation is an optional part of any feature. It should be noted that annotations can only be stored in spatial columns where annotation is permitted.

The following attributes are used to store the annotation information within an FME feature. If the sde30_text_string is specified and no location or position information is stipulated, then the text_string is placed at the first coordinate of the associated feature and given a rotation of 0.

Note: SDE30 annotations have been replaced with Geodatabase annotation feature classes. They are separate representations of annotations and are not compatible. Geodatabase annotation feature classes cannot be read or written using SDE30 but can be with GEODATABASE_SDE.

Attribute Name

Contents

sde30_text_string

The annotation string.

sde30_text_size

The size of the text in user units.

Default:1.0

sde30_text_gap_ratio

The gap between the characters in the text.

Default0.0

sde30_text_level

The annotation level.

Default:1

sde30_text_x_offset

The x coordinate of the first point of the annotation offset.

Default0.0

sde30_text_y_offset

The y coordinate of the first point of the annotation offset.

Default:0.0

sde30_text_symbol

The annotation symbol number.

Default:1

sde30_text_x

The location of the text when the text is placed with a single point. This is used in conjunction with sde30_rotation. If not specified, then the first point of the associated shape is used.

sde30_text_y

The location of the text when the text is placed with a single point. This is used in conjunction with sde30_rotation. If not specified, then the first point of the associated shape is used.

sde30_text_z

The location of the text when it is placed with a single point. This is used in conjunction with sde30_rotation. If not specified, then the first point of the associated shape is used.

sde30_text_x_location

An array of x coordinates that define the placement shape for the annotation. The same number of coordinates must be specified in the following comma-separated arrays: sde30_text_x_location, sde30_text_y_location and sde30_text_z_location (optional)

sde30_text_y_location

An array of y coordinates that defines the placement shape for the annotation. The same number of coordinates must be specified in the following comma-separated arrays: sde30_text_x_location, sde30_text_y_location and sde30_text_z_location (optional)

sde30_text_z_location

An array of z coordinates that defines the placement shape for the annotation. The same number of coordinates must be specified in the following comma-separated arrays: sde30_text_x_location, sde30_text_y_location and sde30_text_z_location (optional)

sde30_text_x_leader

An array of x coordinates that defines the leader line for the shape annotation. The same number of coordinates must be specified in the following comma-separated arrays: sde30_text_x_leader, sde30_text_y_leader and sde30_text_z_leader (optional)

sde30_text_y_leader

An array of y coordinates that defines the leader line for the shape annotation. The same number of coordinates must be specified in the following comma-separated arrays: sde30_text_x_leader, sde30_text_y_leader and sde30_text_z_leader (optional)

sde30_text_z_leader

An array of z coordinates that defines the leader line for the shape annotation. The same number of coordinates must be specified in the following comma-separated arrays: sde30_text_x_leader, sde30_text_y_leader and sde30_text_z_leader (optional)

sde30_rotation

The rotation of the annotation measured from the horizontal in a counterclockwise direction. This is only used when the annotation location is specified using sde30_text_x, sde30_text_y, and sde30_text_z.

Default:0

sde30_justification

The justification of the text relative to its offset point.

Range:sde30_upper_left |

sde30_upper_center |

sde30_upper_right |

sde30_center_left |

sde30_center_center|

sde30_center_right |

sde30_lower_left |

sde30_lower_center |

sde30_lower_right

Default:sde30_lower_left