CARIS HPD : Portrayal : Annotations : Annotation File : Symbol
 

Symbol

Symbol annotations are supported for soundings and area features. The symbol annotations use the symbol feature codes in the master file (see “Presentation Files” on page 3).

Sounding annotations require an attribute value (for example, VALSOU for the sounding).

Tags

Field

Value

<Object/>

Acronym

Feature acronym to which the annotation is attached.

<CreateAnnotation/>

Acronym

Annotation acronym (must be in the dictionary).

Description

Description of the annotation.

Annotation Type

Symbol

ZValue

Attribute that defines the Z value for soundings.

Mask

Flag -True, False (indicates if the source feature should be masked)

XOffset

X offset (in millimetres) from reference point of the object.

YOffset

Y offset (in millimetres) from the reference point of the object.

<SetAttribute/>

Acronym

Acronym of the attribute to assign.

Value

From the master file, the feature code to use for the symbol.