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Ticks

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You can add tick components, which are short lines inserted at a perpendicular angle to another object, to a label style. For example, ticks can be used to mark the location of a station label on an alignment.

Ticks cannot be edited with grips or moved from the object on which they are inserted. They are always anchored to the object.

Tick component properties

The following illustrations show the effect of the Align With Object setting for ticks:

  • True. Inserts the tick at an angle relative to the object, as shown in the following illustration:
  • False. Inserts the tick at an angle relative to the UCS setting, as shown in the following illustration:

To add ticks

  1. In the Label Style Composer dialog box, click the Layout tab.
  2. Click the Down arrow in , and then click .

    The component automatically receives a default name, Tick.1.

    Note

    This option is not available in label style types that do not support ticks.

  3. Enter a new name in the Name box.
  4. Under Tick, click the Value column for Block Name, and then click .
  5. In the Select A Block dialog box, select the block to use, and then click OK.
    Note

    The AutoCAD Civil 3D drawing templates contain several blocks you can use.

  6. Specify the desired settings in the General and Tick categories.

    For more information, see Managing Layout Properties for Label Styles.

  7. Click OK.

Toolspace Context Menu

Settings tab: <drawing name> <object collection> Label Styles <label style type name> right-click <label style name> Edit

Dialog Box

Label Style Composer


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