Graphics Programs Reference
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Parcel Segment label
This type of label is typically used to express geometric
information about a line or curve that forms part of a legal boundary. For example,
it is common to label the bearing and distance of a straight line segment along a
property boundary.
Exercise 2.2: Apply label Styles to labels
In this exercise, you will use label styles to change the appearance and behavior
of labels.
If you haven't already done so, go to the topic's web page at
www.sybex.com/
go/civil3d2015essentials
and download the files for Chapter 2. Unzip the files
to the correct location on your hard drive according to the instructions in the
introduction. Then, follow these steps:
1.
Open the drawing named
Labels and Styles.dwg
located in the
Chapter 02
class data folder.
2.
In the top-right viewport, click the label. If the Properties palette is
not visible, click Properties on the Home tab of the ribbon.
3.
Change the value for Station Offset Label Style to Station And Offset,
as shown in Figure 2.3. Notice how the content of the label changes.
4.
Change the value for Station Offset Label Style to Station And Offset -
Existing. This time, the content stays the same but the style of the text
changes.
This is another
example of a
contex-
tual
ribbon tab.
FiGuRE 2.3
Assigning the Station
And Offset label style to the label
5.
With the label still selected, click Label Properties
➢
Edit Label Style
on the Labels - Alignment Station Offset Label contextual ribbon tab.
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