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.

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Written by Laura Berwick
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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.

  2. The figure label (FIG. #) should be selected upon arriving at the figure, but click it to select it if needed.

  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.




  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.


  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.



    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.

Remove Figures from a Subnumbered Set

  1. Navigate to the last figure in the subnumbered set.

  2. The figure label (FIG. #) should be selected upon arriving at the figure, click it to select it if needed.

  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.



  4. Repeat these steps as needed.

    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.

    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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