Displaying and Annotating Sections - AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015 Essentials - page 198

there Are label Sets for Section views, too

You learned about label sets in Chapter 6 and Chapter 8 when dealing with align-
ment and profile labels. The same label set functionality is available for section
views, too. Try it for step 6 in Exercise 11.2. Instead of manually setting up the
rock labels, use the Save Label Set function to save the first configuration, and
then use Import Label Set to apply it to the other section views.

Controlling Section Display with Code
Set Styles

You have already seen how section styles can be used to change the appearance of
sections, but what about corridor sections? As stated earlier, the way this is handled
is different and is done through the use of a code set style . The setup of code set
styles is complicated, and it's often left to the expertise of a CAD manager or very
experienced Civil 3D user. However, once code set styles are created and made
available to you, the task of assigning them to a corridor section is fairly simple.

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Code Set Styles

Let's take a closer look at code set styles. First, it will be easier if you think of
a corridor section as an assembly. You have already learned that assemblies
are made up of smaller parts called subassemblies . You have also learned that
subassemblies are made up of smaller parts called points , links , and shapes .
Points, links, and shapes all have at least one code assigned to them, and this
little string of text is the key to how code set styles work.
For example, one code that is used quite often is Pave. The BasicLaneTransition
subassembly in your corridor uses a rectangular shape to represent the lane,
and the Pave code is assigned to this shape as a property of the subassembly.
Shapes have styles just like all the other Civil 3D objects you have studied. For
example, you can create a shape style called Hatched Pavement that displays
the outline of the shape and fills it with a dot hatch to represent the pavement
material. Another shape style might be Basic Pavement, which shows just an
outline and no hatching.

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