Using Parcel Styles to Control Appearance

Using a parcel style, you can control the appearance of the edges of the parcel as well as any hatching that is applied to the area. The hatching can be applied through the entire area, or as a strip along the edges. Using these capabilities, you can graphically differentiate one type of parcel from another.

To use parcel styles to control the appearance of parcels in your drawing, follow these steps:

Tips :Since working with parcels is done in 2D, the drawings in this chapter are not set up with multiple viewports as in other discuss.

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

1. Open the drawing named Applying Parcel Styles.dwg located in the Chapter 13 class data folder. The drawing contains a complete parcel layout, and all of the parcels have been assigned a style of Standard.

2. Click the Standard : 3 label located near the center of the area containing the farm buildings. On the ribbon, click Parcel Properties.

   Tips :One way to select a parcel is to click its label. You cannot select a parcel by clicking one of its segments.

3. On the Information tab of the Parcel Properties dialog box, change Object Style to Adjoiner. Click OK. The linetype of the parcel segments changes to a double-dashed pattern. Also, the label changes and now reads Adjoiner : 3.

   Tips :This parcel is renamed automatically because of a setting within the style that combines its style name with a number.

4. Press Esc to clear the previous selection. Click the Standard : 6 label located within the cul-de-sac of Madison Lane. Right-click and select Properties.
5. Using the Properties window, change the style to ROW. The right-ofway area is now outlined by a dashed line and has been hatched with a dot pattern.
6. Use either the Parcel Properties command or the Properties window to change the large parcels at the northeast and southeast corners of the site (Standard : 7 and Standard : 4) to a style of Open Space. These parcels are now outlined in green and hatched with a green crossing pattern.

   Tips :Using the Properties window is faster because you can change both parcels at once.

7. Zoom in to the 90-degree bend on Jordan Court, and note the narrow Standard : 1 parcel located there. This is a drainage easement for installing a storm pipe that leads to the creek.
8. Change the style of the Standard : 1 parcel to Easement. The area is hatched with a diagonal stripe pattern.
9. Click one of the remaining parcels that is still labeled Standard, and change its style to Lot. The color of the parcel outline changes to blue and displays with a smaller dashed pattern.
10. Go to Prospector and expand SitesLot Layout. Click Parcels to display all of the parcels in the item view at the bottom of Prospector.
11. Scroll to the right until you can see the Style column. Click the Style column heading to sort the parcels by style.
12. Click the first parcel with a style of Standard. Then press and hold the Shift key, scroll down, and select the last parcel with a style of Standard. This will select all parcels that have a style of Standard assigned to them.
13. Right-click the Style column heading and select Edit.

    Tips :Within the Prospector item view area, you can make multiple edits by selecting multiple rows, right-clicking a column heading, and selecting Edit.

14. In the Select Style dialog box, select Lot and click OK. There will be a pause as all of the parcels in the drawing are updated. Now, all of the parcels you selected in Prospector have been assigned the Lot style (see Figure 13.1).

    Figure 13.1  A view of the project after all of the parcels have been assigned the appropriate styles

Applying Parcel Styles

• Using Parcel Styles to Control Appearance
• Applying Parcel Style Display Order

Download Exercise File :

• Applying Parcel Styles - Metric     --- ( 1.26 MB )
• Applying Parcel Styles - Imperial  --- ( 1.96 MB )