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Note how the 0+00
(0+000) station label
for Madison Lane is
conflicting with
the centerline of
Jordan Court.
FiGuRE 6.5
Changing the style of the geometry point labels improves their
appearance and readability by moving them outside the right-of-way line.
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6.
Zoom to the intersection of Madison Lane and Jordan Court.
7.
Click the 0+00 (0+000) station label of Madison Lane, and then click
the square grip that appears above the label. Drag the grip to a clear
area in the drawing.
The station label is more readable in its new location, and a leader
appears that indicates the actual location of the station.
8.
Save and close the drawing.
You can view the results of successfully completing this exercise by opening
AEditing Alignment Labels - Complete.dwg
.
Dragged State
In step 7, when you use a special grip on a label to drag it to a new location, a leader
magically appears. This happens because the leader is turned on in the
dragged state
configuration of the label style. The dragged state of a label can dramatically change
the look of that label when it's dragged to a new location. In addition to the appear-
ance of a leader, you might see a change in text height or orientation, the appearance
of a border around the text, and several other changes.
Creating Station/offset labels
As mentioned earlier, an alignment is often used as a baseline, enabling other
features to express their locations in relation to that baseline. This is typically
done with station offset notations, and, of course, the AutoCAD
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Civil 3D
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