To annotate a surface using contour labels, follow these steps (
Labeling Surfaces.dwg should still be open from the previous exercise):
- If the Add Labels dialog box is already open, skip to the next step. If not, click one of the contours to select the surface, and then click Add Labels ➢ Add Surface Labels on the ribbon.
- For Label Type, select Contour – Multiple. Verify that the names of all three label styles begin with Existing and click Add.
- Click two points in the drawing that stretch across several contours. Contour labels will appear where contours fall between the two points you’ve selected (see Figure). In fact, you’ve actually drawn an invisible line that intersects with the contours.
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| Contour labels. |
- Press Esc to clear the previous command, and then click one of the newly created labels. Notice the line that appears. Click one of the grips and move it to a new location to change the location of the line. The contour labels go where the line goes, even if you stretch it out and cause it to cross through more contours, in which case it will create more labels.
- Continue placing contour labels until you’ve evenly distributed labels throughout the drawing.
