Use this page of the wizard to configure a variety of choices that determine how and if match lines will be placed on the view frames.
- Insert Match Lines
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Match lines are only displayed in Model space and in plan views. They are not displayed in profile views. If you have selected to create plan and profile or profile only sheets, this option is automatically selected and you cannot clear (edit) it.
When this option is selected, match lines will be inserted on the view frames in plan views. If you do not want match lines on the view frames, clear this check box.
Positioning
Use these options to adjust where match lines are placed, and how they may be moved after creation, so that they do not obstruct data that you want to display.
- Snap Station Value Down To The Nearest
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Clear this option to use a rounding value (calculation) for the match line positioning based on derived stations. Select this option to use the rounding calculation value that is entered. The rounding calculation always rounds down. For example, if the calculated station for a match line is 48+37.69, then a rounding of 100 would place the match line on 48+00.
When Snap Station Value Down To The Nearest is set to ... the station will round to 100 18+00 50 18+50 10 18+60 1 18+65 27+45.3 to 50 27+00 to the next lowest multiple of 50 Note: This option will not accept values that cause the match lines to be placed in undesirable locations, such as before the previous match line or before the beginning of the alignment. If a rounding calculation would result in the match line being placed in an undesirable location, then the rounding calculation is ignored and the match lines are placed at calculated station.When this check box is not selected (cleared), match line positioning on the view frame is determined by using a rounding value based on derived stations.
- Allow Additional Distance For Repositioning (Increases View Overlap)
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This option gives you the ability to increase the distance that you can move match lines in plan view after they have been created. When you increase this margin, or additional distance, the overlap area of the match lines increases. This option can also be used to force an overlap of frames in plan sheets only when, on a straight line alignment for example, adjacent edges of two view frames might be coincident, and therefore not provide enough room on either side of the match line for labeling and notes.
Note that the value entered here is the total distance that is removed from the calculated distance between match lines. It will allow for match lines to be moved apart to the total calculated distance. However, Autodesk Civil 3D will not allow you to enter a distance that is greater than the view frame width.
Match Line
- Layer
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Displays the layer that the match line will be created on.
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Opens the Object Layer dialog box, where you can select a different layer for the match line.
- Name
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Specifies the name of the match line.
Note: To name the match line, either click on its default name and enter a new name, or use the naming template. -
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Opens the Name Template dialog box, where you can modify the match line naming template.
- Match Line Style
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Displays the style that is used to display the match line and the match line mask area.
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Click to select the style of a match line in the drawing.
Labels
- Left Label Style
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Displays the style that is used to display the match line label that is on the left side of the match line.
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Click to select the label style of a match line in the drawing.
- Left Label Location
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Specifies the location for the label that is placed on the left side of a match line.
Use the Left Label Location and the Right Label Location options to select where the match line labels will be placed. Select from the following locations:
- Start: Places the match line label at the start of the match line, near the top of the view frame.
- End: Places the match line label at the end of the match line, near the bottom of the view frame.
- Middle: Places the match line label at the middle of the match line.
- Alignment Intersection: Places the match line label where the alignment intersects the match line.
- Right Label Style
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Displays the style that is used to display the match line label that is on the right side of the match line.
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Click to select the label style of a match line in the drawing.
- Right Label Location
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Specifies the location for the label that is placed on the right side of a match line.