Greatly improve the annotations portion of Easypower (Note, Note w/Leader, Box, Line):
Ability to set 'default' behaviour for all annotations (eg: fonts, line weights, arrow type, etc..). The way it should work:
When any annotation tool is selected, a properties box or banner becomes available to define the desired properties (eg: fonts, line weights, arrow types, etc...). This allows you to define the properties before drawing the object.
The format definition would be retained and become the new 'default'. So, for example, if I choose the 'line' tool, right up front I pick the line weight, colour, etc.. And then I can draw several lines and they will all have that property.
Then if I save the model, close easypower and re-open it and select the 'line' tool again, the line properties I selected in the previous session would remain intact.
Bulk property adjustment.
Ability to select multiple annotation objects, and change their properties all at once. For example, select 20 'Note' objects and change their fonts and colours all together, not one at a time.
Text Alignment
Ability to set horizontal (left/middle/right) and vertical (top/middle/bottom) alignment for 'Note' annotations.
Snap to grid:
Option to have annotations snap to the grid (right now, none of them snap).
Ability to individually turn on/off the snap feature for each annotation. i.e.. it would be a property of each object, and I can turn off snapping if I choose.
For text annotations, the snap point (top/middle/bottom) and (left/centre/right) should be a definable property.
Consider the ability to put a subdivided (smaller) grid that applies to annotations only.
Text Search:
Ability to search the entire model (or selected portion) for text within any of the annotations.
Add a 'cloud' format for lines and boxes. (eg: Revision bubble)
Add a polyline object (A line with multiple vertexes)
Add a polygon object (An irregular shaped closed object)
A little bit of input:
Defaults: You currently can set default options for notes, lines, and boxes under the "Tools" tab in EasyPower. The box defaults don't seem to stay after closing and opening EasyPower - Bentley says this is a known issue. But the Note, Line, and Equipment defaults work perfectly for me.
Bulk adjustments: You can format multiple notes at once after you group them together. It would be nice to be able to format them without having to group them together.
How to format multiple notes at once right now: Select all the notes you wish to format (Ctrl + left click on the notes you want to format), Right click outside of the notes, go to Grouping > Group, Right click on a note, select Format Note
Text search: You can search notes in the "Find Item" window. The "Find item" window can be found in the "Home" tab or by the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F. In the "Item Type" window on the left, you can select "Note" to search the notes on your drawing.