Editing Labels in Profile View

Just as in plan view, you will most likely have to change the initial placement and styles of your profile view labels in order to make them easier to read. As you did before, you can assign different styles to change formatting, and you can use grips to move the labels. For some label styles, you have an extra grip located at the dimension anchor. The dimension anchor is a floating point that can only be moved vertically. This can be quite useful since you often need to move a label up or down to improve readability while maintaining its horizontal position on the profile view. There are additional dimension anchor settings that enable you to position a label based on the location of a part or the profile view grid. Simply put, the dimension anchor gives you more options and more flexibility with label placement in profile view.

To edit pipe network labels profile view of 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 Profile View.dwg located in the Chapter 16 class data folder.
2. In the upper-right viewport, click the first structure label (STMH-02), and then click the square grip at the top of the label and drag it upward to a clear area in the drawing. Note that this grip is constrained to up and down movements. This is because the grip is located at the dimension anchor.

3. Press Esc to clear the previous selection. Click the second structure label (INLET-04), and then click Label Properties on the ribbon.
4. In the Properties window, change Dimension Anchor Option to Below. The label flips to a downward position but is still overlapping the structure.

5. Click the square grip at the top of the label. Then click the Ortho Mode button at the bottom of your screen, and move the label downward until the end of the line is at the bottom of the structure.

Tips:Ortho mode restricts the movement of your cursor to up, down, left, and right. This will help you keep the label aligned with the structure as you move it down.

6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 for the third structure label (INLET-05). With the label edits you have made, the annotation of the pipe network in profile view has been greatly improved. Compare the result in Figure 16.13 with the initial placement of the labels in 16.12.

   Figure 16.13  Pipe network labels in profile view that have been edited to improve readability

Annotating Pipe Networks in Profile View

• Creating Labels in Profile View
• Editing Labels in Profile View

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• Annotating Pipe Networks in Profile View - Metric     --- ( 3.4 MB )
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