Applying Labels to Alignments

To apply alignment labels to an alignment, complete the following steps:

The Exercise File can be downloaded at the end of the article  

1. Open the drawing named Alignment Labels.dwg located in the Chapter 06 class data folder.

2. Click the Jordan Court alignment. Then click Add LabelsAdd/Edit Station Labels on the contextual ribbon tab.
3. In the Alignment Labels dialog box, do the following:
   1. For Type, verify that Major Stations is selected.
   2. For Major Station Label Style, verify that Parallel With Tick is selected.
   3. Click Add
   4. For Increment, enter 50 (20) to indicate the number of feet (meters) to increment.

      Tips:Remember that values listed in parentheses are not conversions but values that would make sense in a metric environment. Fifty feet and 20 meters are not equal, but each is a reasonable increment for stationing.

   5. Click OK.
4. Zoom in and examine the labels that have been created. Notice that a tick mark and label have been placed at 50-foot (20-meter) increments along the alignment.

5. Click the Jordan Court alignment, and launch the Add/Edit Station Labels command as you did in step 2.
6. In the Alignment Labels dialog box, do the following:
   1. For Type, select Minor Stations.
   2. For Minor Station Label Style, verify that Tick is selected.
   3. Click Add
   4. Change Minor Station Increment to 10 (5) to indicate the number of feet (meters) to increment.
   5. Click OK.
7. Examine the alignment once more. Now you should see tick marks at 10-foot (5-meter) increments, which means that there are four (three) minor tick marks between the major tick marks and labels.

8. Launch the Add/Edit Station Labels command once again, as you did in step 2. In the Alignment Labels dialog box, do the following:
   1. For Type, select Geometry Points.
   2. For Geometry Point Label Style,, verify that Perpendicular With Tick And Line is selected.
   3. Click Add
   4. In the Geometry Points dialog box, uncheck all boxes except Tangent-Curve Intersect, Curve-Tangent Intersect, and Reverse Curve-Curve Intersect.

   Tips:You can use the button at the top-right corner of the dialog box to clear all of the check boxes quickly. The boxes you check will take care of PCs, PTs, and PRCs, respectively.

   5. Click OK to dismiss the Geometry Points dialog box.
   6. Click OK to dismiss the Alignment Labels dialog box.
9. Examine the alignment labels, and note the labels at the PCs, PTs, and PRC, as shown in Figure 6.3.

   Figure 6.3  Geometry point labels displayed on the Jordan Court alignment.

Applying Alignment Labels and Label Sets

• Applying Labels to Alignments
• Using Alignment Label Sets
• Editing Alignment Labels

Download Exercise File :

• Applying Alignment - Metric     --- ( 2.67 MB )
• Applying Alignment - Imperial  --- ( 3.15 MB )