Labels Tab (Turnout Label Set Dialog Box)

Use this tab to select the label styles to add to a rail turnout label set.

After you add a label style to a set, you can define certain properties for the label style, such as increment.

Type

Specifies the type of label to add to the label set. This list changes according to the specified View Direction.

<Type> Label Style

Displays the label styles available for the specified label type. Select a label style from this list, and click Add to add it to the label set.

Label Style Control

Creates a new label style, edits the current selection, or selects a style from the drawing.

Style Detail

Opens the Style Detail dialog box where you can preview the selected label style.

Add Label Style

Adds the label style selected in the Label Style list to the label set.

Delete Label Style

Removes a label style from the label set. Select the label style to delete by clicking in the row in the lower part of the dialog box.

List of Selected Styles

When you add a label style to a set, it is inserted into the list in the lower part of the dialog box. You can use this area to define properties for the label style and to change the selected label style.

Type Column

Displays the label types in the current label set.

View Direction
Displays the view direction of the specified label style, either plan view or profile view.
Style Column

Specifies the label style to include in the set. Click to open the Pick Label Style dialog box.

Position
Specifies the position of the label. Select a position from the drop-down list.
Points List Column

Specifies the points to label for the Turnout Critical Points label types. You can label a selection of critical points in a label type using a selected style. You can then add another instance of the same label type, which can label a second selection of critical points using a different style. Click to select the critical points to label in the Turnout Critical Points dialog box.

You can specify the following property values that are unique to label sets:

Start Point/End Point

Specifies start and end points for turnout dimension profile labels.

Dim Anchor Opt

Specifies the location of the dimension line anchor used to position dimension lines for turnout dimension profile labels.

  • Distance Above: Moves the dimension line anchor up the distance specified in the Dim Anchor Val field.
  • Fixed Elevation: Places the dimension line anchor at a fixed elevation on a profile view. Specify the elevation in the Dim Anchor Val field.
  • Distance Below: Moves the dimension line anchor down the distance specified in the Dim Anchor Val field.
  • Graph View Top: Places the line anchor at the top of the view grid. This creates a vertical graph line above the label. To ensure the full line extent is displayed, set Dim Anchor Val to 0.
  • Graph View Bottom: Anchors the line to the bottom of the view grid. This creates a vertical graph line below the label. To ensure the full line extent is displayed, set Dim Anchor Val to 0.
Dim Anchor Val

Specifies the dimension line anchor value to be applied using the Dim Anchor Opt.