# Exactly which GTO components and typed properties does Open RV create for a pen stroke, a text box and a shape, and which of them does the renderer actually read?

- id: art_01M5MEADZJSHKDJC62VW4CDAA9
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- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
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- categories: T10, T11 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T13:13:34.951Z
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Annotate mode creates typed properties per object (pen: color, width, brush, points, join/cap/splat, startFrame/duration/mode, plus uuid and softDeleted; text: position, colour, size/scale/rotation, font fields, text, plus uuid and softDeleted; shapes: startFrame, duration, eye and geometry). PaintIPNode, which draws them, reads the drawing properties but never uuid or softDeleted.

Annotate mode creates typed properties per object (pen: color, width, brush, points, join/cap/splat, startFrame/duration/mode, plus uuid and softDeleted; text: position, colour, size/scale/rotation, font fields, text, plus uuid and softDeleted; shapes: startFrame, duration, eye and geometry). PaintIPNode, which draws them, reads the drawing properties but never uuid or softDeleted.

Curator qualifications: Code read 2026-10-22; no .rv session opened (code reading). Reference manual (S4) not re-read.

Limitations: Code read 2026-10-22; no .rv session opened (code reading).

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenRV/blob/27db5464a90ca19a9a30d540988ee109ee06bb7e/src/plugins/rv-packages/annotate/annotate_mode.mu",
      "note": "annotate_mode.mu (raw), L491-539, L589-595, L767-769; PaintIPNode.cpp (raw)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenRV/blob/27db5464a90ca19a9a30d540988ee109ee06bb7e/src/lib/ip/IPBaseNodes/PaintIPNode.cpp",
      "note": "annotate_mode.mu (raw), L491-539, L589-595, L767-769; PaintIPNode.cpp (raw)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenRV/blob/27db5464a90ca19a9a30d540988ee109ee06bb7e/docs/rv-manuals/rv-reference-manual/rv-reference-manual-chapter-sixteen.md",
      "note": "annotate_mode.mu (raw), L491-539, L589-595, L767-769; PaintIPNode.cpp (raw)"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Annotate mode creates typed properties per object (pen: color, width, brush, points, join/cap/splat, startFrame/duration/mode, plus uuid and softDeleted; text: position, colour, size/scale/rotation, font fields, text, plus uuid and softDeleted; shapes: startFrame, duration, eye and geometry). PaintIPNode, which draws them, reads the drawing properties but never uuid or softDeleted. · locator: annotate_mode.mu (raw), L491-539, L589-595, L767-769; PaintIPNode.cpp (raw) · source: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenRV/blob/27db5464a90ca19a9a30d540988ee109ee06bb7e/src/plugins/rv-packages/annotate/annotate_mode.mu

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