Line Component Layout (Label Style Composer Dialog Box)

Use the Layout tab to create a line component for a label style.

From the Create Component list , click to create a new line component.

A line component can be defined in two ways, depending on the Use End Point Anchor setting:

• Start Point, Length, and Angle: Use this method to anchor the start point of the line component to the anchor component. Set the Use End Point Anchor setting to False, and then specify the Length and Angle.
• Start Point and End Point: Use this method to anchor the start and end point of the line component. Set the Use End Point Anchor setting to True, and then specify the End Point Anchor Component and End Point Anchor Point. The length and angle of the line are determined by the position of the anchor objects, and adjust if the anchor components are edited.

General

Name

Specifies the name of the line component.

The default name, such as “Line.1,” is the component name with a numeric increment. If the line component exists in a parent label style, then the name cannot be edited.

Visibility

Specifies whether the line component is visible in the label style.

Used In

Specifies whether the component is visible in tag mode, label mode, or both. Select a mode on the General tab in the Label Style Composer.

• Label Mode: Displays the line component when Display Mode is set to Label.
• Tag Mode: Displays the line component when Display Mode is set to Tag.
• Label and Tag Modes: Displays the line component regardless of the display mode setting.

Note: If a label style type does not support tables, then this control is not available.

Start Point Anchor Component

Specifies a reference object for positioning the start point of the line component. You can select <Feature> (which is the object being labeled) or another existing label component.

Start Point Anchor Point

Specifies the location on the Start Point Anchor Component where the start point of the line component is attached.

• When <Feature> is the Anchor Component, Label Location is the only option available. This option places the anchor point at the point where the label is attached to the object being labeled.
• When another label component is the Anchor Component, you have a choice of anchor points depending on whether the anchor is a text, block, tick, line, or direction arrow component.

Use End Point Anchor

Specifies the method for defining the line component.

• True: Uses the Start Point and End Point method to define the line component.

  The Length and Angle properties in the Line category become unavailable for editing.

• False: Uses the Start Point, Length, and Angle method to define the line component.

  The End Point Anchor Component, End Point Anchor Point, End Point X Offset, and End Point Y Offset properties become unavailable for editing.

End Point Anchor Component

Specifies a reference object for positioning the end point of the line component.

This property is unavailable when the Use End Point Anchor property is set to False.

End Point Anchor Point

Specifies the location on the End Point Anchor Component where the end point of the line component is attached.

This property is unavailable when the Use End Point Anchor property is set to False.

Line

Length Type

Specifies the length of the line component.

• Fixed Length : Line length is the the Fixed Length distance from the Start Point Anchor Point in the direction toward the End Point Anchor Point.
• Percent Length : Line length is the Percent Length of the distance between the Start Point Anchor Point to the End Point Anchor Point.

This property is available only when the Use End Point Anchor property is set to True.

Angle

Specifies the angle of the line component from the start point. Enter a positive or negative value, or click to select an angle in the drawing.

This property is unavailable when the Use End Point Anchor property is set to True.

Start Point X Offset

Offsets the line start point from the start point anchor point in the X direction.

The X direction is determined by the object to which the line component is anchored. If the line component is anchored to the label insertion point, then the X direction is determined in relation to the following Orientation Reference settings on the General tab:

• Object: Calculates the X direction by examining the object’s construction and measuring the zero angle direction from the start to the end of the object. If the object is a curve, then the zero angle is tangent to the curve.
• View: The X direction is always horizontal, left to right, regardless of the User Coordinate System (UCS) or Dview twist direction.
• World Coordinate System: The X direction is the same as the User Coordinate System (UCS) base angle of East (horizontal, left to right).

Start Point Y Offset

Offsets the line start point from the start point anchor point in the Y direction.

End Point X Offset

Offsets the line end point from the end point anchor point in the X direction.

This property is unavailable when the Use End Point Anchor property is set to False.

End Point Y Offset

Offsets the line end point from the end point anchor point in the Y direction.

This property is unavailable when the Use End Point Anchor property is set to False.