To Work With Alignment Geometry Point Labels

To add geometry point labels

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, in the Type list, select the type of geometry point label that you want to add.

   Select either Geometry Points, Profile Geometry Points, Superelevation Critical Points, or Cant Critical Points.

4. In the Style list, select a style for the label type.

   This style is used by the geometry points you specify in Step 5.

5. Click Add.
6. In the <label type> Points dialog box, select the specific points to label.
   Note: If you selected Profile Geometry Points, you must specify a profile to reference in the Profile Geometry Points dialog box.
7. In the Start Station column, either clear the check box and enter a new starting station value or accept the default.
8. 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.
9. Repeat Steps 1 through 7 to add more geometry point labels.

   You can add multiple instances of each label type. Each instance can label different geometry points and use a different label style and range of stations.

   Note: In the Geometry Points To Label column, click to update the points to label.

To add descriptive geometry point text

Use the Abbreviations tab in the Drawing Settings dialog box to compose labels that include geometric property information about the entities that come before and after geometry points.

1. In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, right-click the drawing and click Edit Drawing Settings. Click the Abbreviations tab.
2. In the Alignment Geometry Point Entity Data section, select the entity endpoint type. Click in the Value column to modify the label for that type.
3. In the Text Component Editor, select a property from the list and select modifiers as necessary.
4. Click to insert the property into the Text Component Editor window.
5. Insert other properties and modifiers as necessary. Click OK.
6. Repeat Steps 2-5 to format other alignment endpoint entities listed on the Abbreviations tab.
7. In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, right-click a <geometry point label>. Click either Edit or New.
8. In the Label Style Composer, click the Layout tab.
9. Under Text, click in the ContentsValue column.
10. In the Properties list, select Geometry Point Entity Before Data. Click .
11. In the Properties list, select Geometry Point Entity After Data. Click .
12. Click OK.

The text you compose on the Abbreviations tab for the alignment endpoint entities is included in the labels that display before and after the geometry point.