Several improvements for aligning annotations are available in Draft.

• Associative alignment for annotations

  You can use the new Home tab (or Sketching tab)→Annotations group→Annotation Alignment Shape command to create simple geometric shapes, which you can use to align or arrange one or more types of annotations.

  You can select and modify the geometry of any annotation alignment shape.

  For more information, see Annotation Alignment Shape command.

• Associative alignment patterns for auto-balloons

  Associative annotation alignment shapes are created automatically by the Parts List command. Before you click to place a parts list, you can select an alignment shape using the Pattern option on the Balloon tab in the Parts List Properties dialog box. The item balloons are associated with, and arranged by, the pattern shape you selected.

  After the parts list is placed, you can select the pattern shape and then use options on the Annotation Alignment Shape command bar to reorder the balloons in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.

  For more information, see Annotation Alignment Shape command.

• Locating associative alignment shapes

  A new Home tab (or Sketching tab)→Annotations group→Show Annotation Alignment Shape command makes existing alignment shapes visible when you select an annotation that is associated with it, or when you create a new annotation that uses annotation shapes.

  For more information, see Show Annotation Alignment Shape command.