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4.
Click the first and last structures in the upper-right profile view.
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5.
In the Add Labels dialog box, select C-PROF-STRM - Structure Data
(Below) as the structure label style. Click Add.
This creates labels that
are oriented above
these two structures.
For the remaining two
structures, the road
profile label is in the
way, so the structure
labels will be placed
below the structures.
6.
Click the second and third structures.
The labels are still placed above the structure, but notice that the
formatting is a bit different. You'll reposition these structure labels in
the next exercise.
7.
Click the three pipes in the profile view to place a label above each
one. The drawing should now look like Figure 16.12.
FiGuRE 16.12
The initial placement of pipe network labels in
profile view
8.
Save and close the drawing.
You can view the results of successfully completing this exercise by opening
Creating Labels in Profile View - Complete.dwg
.
Editing labels in Profile view
Just as in plan view, you'll most likely have to change the initial placement
and styles of your profile view labels in order to make them easier to read. As
you did before, you can assign different styles to change formatting, and you
can use grips to move the labels. For some label styles, you have an extra grip
located at the
dimension anchor
. The dimension anchor is a floating point that
can only be moved vertically. This can be useful because you often need to
move a label up or down to improve readability while maintaining its horizon-
tal position on the profile view. Additional dimension anchor settings enable
you to position a label based on the location of a part or the profile view grid.
Simply put, the dimension anchor gives you more options and more flexibility
for label placement in profile view.
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