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Previewing Label Styles

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Use the preview window to view how a label style will appear in the drawing. When you make modifications to the label style, the preview window updates.

The preview window is located on the General, Layout, and Dragged State tabs of the Label Style Composer. You can select a different preview by selecting it in the Preview list.

To change the view in the Preview window, you can use AutoCAD commands on the context menu, such as Pan and Zoom.

Previews are actually stored as DWG files in the \Data\Preview folder. If you would like to add your own preview drawings that contain specific label styles, you can place the drawings in the Preview folder.

Note

Do not rename the Preview folder or its sub-folders. Any changes to the folder structure prevents AutoCAD Civil 3D from accessing the preview drawings.

To add preview drawings to the Preview folder

  1. Create a new drawing, create one or more label styles, and label an object with the label styles you want to preview.
  2. Click App Frame Save As.At the Command prompt, enter saveas.
  3. Navigate to the Data\Preview folder and save the drawing file.
    Note

    The \Data folder path is set up during installation.

To view a preview drawing in the Preview pane

  1. On the General, Layout, or Dragged State tabs of the Label Style Composer, click the Preview arrow in the upper-right corner of the dialog box to display a list of preview drawings.
  2. Select the preview drawing you want to view.
  3. Right-click in the preview pane to access commands you can use to change the display of the preview drawing.

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