Exercise 1: Overriding Label Text - Autodesk CIVIL3D - CIVILDESIGNCOMP 2007 SLM CD Tutorials Manual

Exercise 1: Overriding Label Text

In this exercise, you will override the text in a single label. Label text overrides
are useful for adding text to an individual label to mark a point of interest
without modifying all labels that share a style.
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Overriding Label
Text.
Override the text of a label
NOTE This exercise uses Labels-2b.dwg with the modifications you made in the
previous exercise, or you can open Labels-3a.dwg from the
(page 819).
1 Zoom and pan to the area between stations 0+000 and 0+100 of the Main
Street alignment.
2 Ctrl+click the geometry point label PC: 0+035.99. Right-click. Click Edit
Label Text.
NOTE Using Ctrl+click selects only one label in a group. For this exercise,
you will override the text of only the PC: 0+035.99 label, and not the other
geometry point labels.
3 In the Text Component Editor - Label Text dialog box, place your cursor
at the end of the equation in the preview pane. Press Enter.
4 Enter N: in the preview pane.
5 In the Properties list, select Northing. Click
formula, then place your cursor at the end of the equation and press
Enter.
6 Enter E: in the preview pane.
7 In the Properties list, select Easting. Click
The formula in the preview pane should look like this:
<[Geometry Point Text(CP)]>: <[Station
Value(Um|FS|P2|RN|AP|Sn|TP|B3|EN|WO|OF)]>
N: <[Northing(Um|P4|RN|AP|Sn|OF)]>
E: <Easting(Um|P4|RN|AP|Sn|OF)]>
8 Click OK.
764 | Chapter 19 Labels and Tables Tutorials
tutorial drawings folder
to move the Northing
to move the Easting formula.