To Work With Alignment Label Sets

To add labels to a label set

  1. Click Annotate tabLabels & Tables panelAdd Labels menuAlignmentAdd/Edit Station Labels.
  2. Select an alignment in the drawing to open the Alignment Labels dialog box.
  3. In the Type list, select the type of label that you want to add.
    Note: To add minor station labels, you must have at least one major station label type added to the label set.
  4. In the Style list, select a style for the label type.
  5. Click Add.
    Tip: To delete a label, select the label type and click. You cannot delete a major station if it has a minor station.
  6. If you select either the Geometry Points, Profile Geometry Points,Superelevation Critical Points, or Cant Critical Points label type, select the specific points to label.
  7. In the Style column, either click the icon to change the style or accept the label style selection.
  8. In the Increment column, either enter a value to determine the increment distance between major station labels, or accept the default.
  9. In the Start Station column, either clear the check box and enter a new starting station value or accept the default.
  10. In the End Station column, either clear the check box and enter a new end station value or accept the default.
    Note: The default start and end stations for each label type are the beginning and end of the alignment. To change either the start station or end station, clear the check box, and enter new start station and end station values.
  11. In the Geometry Points To Label column, click to update the points to label.
    Note: The Geometry Points To Label column is only available for the Geometry Points, Profile Geometry Points,Superelevation Critical Points, and Cant Critical Points label types.
  12. Repeat Steps 2 through 10 to add more label types to the label set.

To save a label set

  1. Click Annotate tabLabels & Tables panelAdd Labels menuAlignmentAdd/Edit Station Labels.
  2. Select an alignment in the drawing to open the Alignment Labels dialog box.
  3. In the Alignment Labels dialog box, determine the label types you want to save in the label set.
  4. Click Save Label Set. The Alignment Label Set dialog box is displayed.
  5. On the Information tab, enter a name and optional description for the label set.
  6. Optionally, on the Labels tab, change values.

To import a label set

  1. Click Annotate tabLabels & Tables panelAdd Labels menuAlignmentAdd/Edit Station Labels.
  2. Select an alignment in the drawing to open the Alignment Labels dialog box.
  3. In the Alignment Labels dialog box, click Import Label Set.
  4. In the Select Style Set dialog box, either select an existing label set or copy, edit, or create a label set.