To Label Profile Views with Data for Multiple Profiles

Because profile views and section views can contain more than one profile or section, certain profile and section labels require that you specify which profile or section data to use for the labels. Specify which profile or section data to use by modifying the label properties after you add the label to the drawing. The label styles that use this feature are

• Profile view Station Elevation labels
• Section view Station Offset labels

The following workflow describes how to set up the profile view labels, and the same concepts can be applied to setting up the section view labels.

1. Create a profile view that contains multiple profiles.
   Note: The Profile-3.dwg file in the \<installation folder>\Help\Civil Tutorials\drawings folder contains a profile view you can use for experimenting.
2. Create a new profile view Station Elevation label style, or open an existing profile view Station Elevation label style for editing.
3. With the style open in the Label Style Composer dialog box, click the Layout tab.
4. Verify that the Station Elevation Data component is selected in the Component Name list.
5. Under Text, click the Value column for Contents, and then click to display the Text Component Editor.
6. Expand the Properties list. Note the following properties you can specify:
   • Profile 1 Name
   • Profile 1 Elevation
   • Profile 1 Elevation Difference
   • Profile 2 Name
   • Profile 2 Elevation
   • Profile 2 Elevation Difference
   • Profile 1 Elevation minus Profile 2 Elevation
   • Profile 2 Elevation minus Profile 1 Elevation

   Because there may be multiple profiles in a profile view, you can assign any of those profiles to be “Profile 1” or “Profile 2.” After you add these property fields to the label style and label the profile view, you can edit the label properties to specify which profiles you want to use.

7. In the Text Component Editor window, place your cursor at the end of the existing property fields and press Enter to create a new row.
8. In the Properties list, select a Profile 1 or Profile 2 property to add, and then click to insert the property field.

   For example, you could insert the “Profile 1 Name” property, enter a colon, and then insert the “Profile 1 Elevation” property, enter a paragraph return, and then insert similar properties for Profile 2.

9. Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog boxes.
10. Click Annotate tabLabels & Tables panelAdd Labels menuProfile ViewAdd Profile View Labels.
11. In the Label Type list, select Station Elevation.
12. In the Station Elevation Label Style list, select the new style you created or the style you edited.
13. Click Add, and then select the profile view to label.
14. Specify the station and the elevation, and then press Enter to end the command.

    The label is inserted with question marks (???) as placeholders for the profile 1 and profile 2 data.

15. Select the label, right-click, and click Label Properties.
16. In the Label Properties dialog box, click the Profile 1 Object column, and then click .
17. In the Profile 1 Object dialog box, select the profile that you want to use as Profile 1, and then click OK.
18. Repeat Steps 14 and 15 for the Profile 2 Object.
19. Click OK to close the Label Properties dialog box.

    The label is updated with the profile data.

    Note: If the label does not update immediately, enter Regen at the command line.
20. Use the label staggering options to avoid label collisions and to improve readability. For more information, see To Stagger Profile and Section View Labels.