Renumbering Tag Labels

As Murphy’s law would have it, the numbers you get when creating tag labels are almost never what you want them to be. This is no fault of the software; in fact, the reason for this happening so frequently is that the software is doing its job. Each time you create a tag label, Civil 3D bumps the next tag number up by one. Since most designs are laid out and labeled more than once (lots more in most cases), your next tag number is likely to be set to something other than 1.

Fortunately, Civil 3D is quite good at enabling you to correct your tag labels. In fact, there is a Renumber Tags command designed for that specific purpose.

To renumber tag labels in your drawing, complete the following steps:

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

1. Open the drawing named Renumber Tags.dwg located in the Chapter 06 class data folder.

2. Click the Jordan Court alignment, and then select Renumber Tags on the contextual ribbon tab.
3. On the command line, type S for settings and press Enter.
4. Change all values to 1 in the Table Tag Numbering dialog box and click OK.
5. Starting at the beginning of the Jordan Court alignment, click each tag label in order from start to end.

   Tips:There are eight tags in all: L1–L4 and C1–C4.

Using Tag Labels and Tables

• Creating Tag Labels
• Renumbering Tag Labels
• Creating Tables

Download Exercise File :

• C06 - Tag Labels and Tables - Metric     --- ( 3.17 MB )
• C06 - Tag Labels and Tables - Imperial  --- ( 2.69 MB )