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Using Alignment Label Sets

posted by on January 23, 2018
As you might guess, the collection of labels used in the previous exercise is quite common: station and tick at the major station, just a tick at the minor station, and labels calling out key geometric features. What if you could gather those three label types together in a nice, neat package and apply them all at once? That’s the exact purpose of a label set.

Complete the following steps to create a label set, and then apply it to another alignment:
  1. Open the drawing named Alignment Label Sets.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 tab of the ribbon.
  3. In the Alignment Labels dialog box, click Save label set ...
  4. In the Alignment Label Set dialog box; enter M50 Stations m10 Ticks & Geometry Points (M20 Stations & m5 Ticks & Geometry Points) in the Name field.
    Tips:M50 stands for a major station increment of 50 feet, and the m10 stands for a minor station increment of 10 feet in the imperial system. Similarly, M20 stands for a major station increment of 20 meters, and the m5 stands for a minor station increment of 5 meters in the metric system.
  5. Click OK to close the Alignment Label Set dialog box.
  6. Click OK to close the Alignment Labels dialog box.
  7. Press Esc to clear the selection of the Jordan Court alignment. Click the Madison Lane alignment, then click Add LabelsAdd/Edit Station Labels on the contextual tab of the ribbon.
  8. In the Alignment Labels dialog box, click Import Label Set.
  9. Select M50 Stations & m10 Ticks & Geometry Points (M20 Stations & m5 Ticks & Geometry Points), and then click OK.
  10. Click OK to dismiss the Alignment Labels dialog box.
  11. Examine the Madison Lane alignment (see Figure 6.4), and note that the label set applied here is the same as the label set that was applied to Jordan Court.
    The Madison Lane alignment after the label set has been applie
    Figure 6.4  The Madison Lane alignment after the label set has been applie.
Applying Alignment Labels and Label Sets
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