Labels Tab (Label Set Dialog Box)

Use this tab to select the label styles to add to an alignment, profile, or section label set.

After you add a label style to a set, you can define certain properties for the label style, such as increment. The properties vary depending on whether you are defining an alignment, profile, or section label set.

Type

Specifies the type of label to add to the label set.

<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.

Style Column

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

Increment Column

Specifies the increment at which to insert major and minor station labels.

Note: This setting is available for station labels only.

Geometry Points To Label Column

Specifies the geometry points to label for the Geometry Points, Profile Geometry Points, and Superelevation Critical Points label types. You can label a selection of geometry 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 geometry points using a different style. Click to select the geometry points to label.

Profile and Section Label Properties

After you add a profile or section label style to a label set, you can specify the following property values that are unique to label sets:

Dim Anchor Opt

Specifies the location of the dimension line anchor used to position dimension lines for certain profile view labels, such as vertical curve 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 section 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 section 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.

Weeding

Specifies a label exclusion distance for grade break labels only. Use this setting to remove overlapping labels and make it easier to read the remaining labels. If another break occurs within the specified distance from a given grade break, it is not labeled.

Note: This setting is available for Grade Break labels only.

Stagger Labels Column

Specifies the location of the label staggering line: No staggering, Stagger both sides, Stagger to right, or Stagger to left. The staggering options are available for the following labels: Profile (Grade Breaks, Major/Minor Station, Horizontal Geometry), and Section labels (Major/Minor Offsets, Grade Break, and Corridor Points).

Stagger Line 1 Height Column

Specifies the height of the first profile or section view data band label stagger line.

Stagger Line 2 Height Column

Specifies the height of the second profile or section view data band label stagger line.

The following options are available when you are editing a profile or section label set. They are not part of the style.

Start Station

Clear the check box and specify the station where the label type begins.

End Station

Clear the check box and specify the station where the label type ends.