You can now drag detail view labels to where you want them; the leader line updates automatically.
You can now drag section view labels to where you want them.

Annotation Creation/Placement

Dialog Boxes
The following annotation dialog boxes stay open so you can create multiple annotations at once without reopening the dialog.

Note
Datum
Datum Target
Feature Control Target
Surface Finish
Weld
BOM Callouts

Placing Annotations

Preview is at the center of the drawing for notes by default, instead of at 0,0.
Preview moves with mouse location
Clicking places arrow and second click places the annotation
Double clicking on the drawing will place the annotation; so the user does not have to always click on the Apply button.

Annotation/View/Sheet Association

Datum placement on views

If the view is selected then the datum will be placed in that view
If the sheet is selected then the datum will be placed in the sheet
But if the mouse goes over a view then it will be placed on that view

Aligning Annotations to other Annotations

After placing an annotation, you can drag it and snap it relative to other annotations – each corner and centerlines of the annotation.

Dragging an annotation will snap both vertically and horizontally

Ctrl key will override this option
Sketch mode is not activated when an Annotation is activated
Linear dimensions can snap to the center of the dimension lines

Snapping the dimension-text to the center of the dimension line for linear dimensions is now possible.

Copy / Paste for Annotations

Can copy/paste single or multiple items, across sheets or workspaces if necessary

Will work for the following:

Note
Datum Target
Feature Control Frame
Surface Finish
Weld

Will not work for:

Datum
BOM Callouts
Hole Callouts

Linking Annotations to Model Geometry

When most annotations are placed they can be associated with any projected edge in a 2D drawing. The association can be made to any point on the edge.

2D Performance Options

Option to prompt user upon moving a detail/partial/section view reference to ensure they want to move the item. In some cases, accidentally moving the item on a very complex model causes long reproject times.

MultiLoop Sketches

Better tracking of faces created by multi-loop sketches. This prevents some potential ACIS problems.

API Enhancements

ExportIGES Method
Modified the ExportIGES method to use the current IGES export options from the user profile rather than the default IGES export options. To allow API users to change the export options, the new interface IADIGESOptions was created.

IADHoleFeature and IADTappedThreadInfo
Added methods for creating hole features to the IADPartFeatures class. Added properties for getting the thread info to IADHoleFeature. Created new interface IADTappedThreadInfo to contain the thread information for a hole.

Sketch Shapes can be queried
An exception was occurring because there was not yet an implementation in the API for Sketch Shapes. To allow API users to access this data, new interfaces IADSketchShapePattern and IADCompositeFigure have been created.

Bug Fixes

Loads of fixes - Read the Alibre Design SP1 Read Me for a detailed list of them all.