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Subnumber Figures

Associate closely related figures, or parts of a figure spanning multiple sheets, using a subnumbering prefix such as FIG. 1A, FIG. 1B, etc.

Written by Laura Berwick

This article covers the following topics:

  • Include Figures in a Subnumbered Set

  • Remove Figures from a Subnumbered Set

Include Figures in a Subnumbered Set

  1. Open the drawing tool and navigate to or create the desired figure.
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  2. The figure label (FIG. #) should be selected upon arriving at the figure, but click it to select it if needed.
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  3. Use the Sheets panel menu above the thumbnail for the desired sheet, the Sheets and Figures dropdown menu, OR the Figure Info options in the toolbar or the right-hand sidebar to apply figure subnumbering.
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  4. If your selection means a new figure needs to be created, select whether you want that figure created on the current sheet or a new sheet.
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  5. For new figures added to the current sheet, the additional figure label will appear in the center of the sheet, unselected, and can be clicked and dragged where desired.
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    ​Note that to allow each figure to be manipulated independently, an unselected figure sharing a sheet will be grayed out and disabled to prevent accidental modifications.


    ​Clicking the figure label or any element of the unselected and grayed-out figure will bring focus to that figure.
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Remove Figures from a Subnumbered Set

  1. Navigate to the last figure in the subnumbered set.
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  2. The figure label (FIG. #) should be selected upon arriving at the figure, click it to select it if needed.
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  3. Use the Sheets panel menu above the thumbnail for the desired sheet, the Figure Info options in the toolbar, OR the right-hand sidebar to remove figure subnumbering.
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  4. Repeat these steps as needed.
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    ​Note that some options will not be available for figures within a figure set. To remove or reorder a single figure from the middle of a set, undo subnumbering from the last figure forward, move the figure out of the set to the desired location, and re-subnumber the desired figures following the process above.​
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    ​Note also that where multiple figures share a sheet, some may need to be moved to other sheets so that each is on its own sheet before they can be reordered or removed from a set.

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