Autodesk CIVIL3D - CIVILDESIGNCOMP 2007 SLM CD Tutorials Manual page 97

Draw a polyline to use as a guide
NOTE This exercise uses Surface-3.dwg with the modifications you made in the
previous exercise.
1 Click View tab Views panel
2 On the command line, enter PLine.
3 When prompted for a start point, click in the green circle in the upper
left corner of the view.
4 Click in the middle circle, then the lower right circle. Press Enter to end
the PLine command.
Label surface contours along the polyline
1 Click Annotate tab
menu Surface
2 In the Add Labels dialog box, set the Label Type to Contour - Multiple.
Leave the other settings at their defaults. Click Add.
3 On the command line, enter O to specify that you will select an object
to use as a guide.
4 On the command line, enter Y to delete the polyline after the labels have
been created.
5 In the drawing window, select the polyline. Press Enter to end the
selection command.
The labels are created along the path you specified with the polyline.
This method of surface labeling is useful when you want to lay out the
path of surface contour labels before you create the labels. If you wanted
to create the path and labels simultaneously without first drawing a
polyline, you would click Annotate tab
Labels menu Surface
6 In the drawing window, click the line on which the surface labels were
drawn. Grips appear on the line.
7 Select the grip in the circle at the upper left. It turns red, indicating that
it is active.
8 Drag the grip to a new location and click. Notice that the labels update
automatically to reflect their new position.
views list
Labels & Tables panel
Add Surface Labels .
Labels & Tables panel
Contour - Multiple
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Surface Labels.
Add Labels
Add
, then draw the path.