Editing Labels in Plan View

After creating pipe network labels in your drawing, you may need to do a fair amount of editing to improve their appearance and readability. This can involve assigning different styles and/or moving the labels using their grips.

To edit the appearance and placement of pipe network labels in your drawing, complete these steps:

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

1. Open the drawing named Editing Labels in Plan View.dwg located in the Chapter 16 class data folder.
2. In the left viewport, zoom in to INLET-01, which is on the east side of Jordan Court near station 5+50 (0+170). Click the label, and then click the square grip. Drag the label to an open area in the drawing where it is not conflicting with any other text or linework.
3. Repeat step 2 for INLET-02, which is across the road from INLET-01.
4. Press Esc to clear the previous selection. Click the pipe label for STM-01 (the pipe that connects INLET-01 to INLET-02). Right-click and select Properties.
5. In the Properties window, change the value for Pipe Label Style to C-STRM – Pipe Data (Stacked).
6. With the label still selected, click the square grip and drag it to a clear location in the drawing.
7. Use the square label grip to move the STMH-01, INLET-03, and INLET-04 labels to a clear location in the drawing.
8. Change the style for the STM-04 label to C-STRM – Pipe Data (Stacked) as you did in steps 4 and 5 for the STM-01 label. Drag it to a clear location in the drawing as you did for the STM-01 label in step 6.

9. Press Esc to clear any label selections. Click the STM-05 label, and then click Flip Label on the ribbon. This places the label on the east side of the pipe, where it is much more readable.
10. With the STM-05 label still selected, click its diamond-shaped grip and drag the label along the pipe to demonstrate the behavior of this grip.
11. Drag the remaining structure labels to clear areas within the drawing, and change the label style for STM-06 to C-STRM – Pipe Data (Stacked). With all of the edits to the labels complete, the annotation of the design is much clearer and more readable, as you can see if you compare Figure 16.10 to Figure 16.9.

    Figure 16.10  The same area shown in Figure 16.9 after edits have been made to the labels

Annotating Pipe Networks in Plan View

• Renaming Pipes and Structures
• Creating Labels in Plan View
• Editing Labels in Plan View

Download Exercise File :

• Annotating Pipe Networks in Plan View - Metric     --- ( 5.07 MB )
• Annotating Pipe Networks in Plan View - Imperial  --- ( 11.63 MB )