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Adding Single Contour Labels

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Use specified contour label styles to add single contour labels to a surface.

You can create contour labels by specifying line segments that cross contour lines of a surface. Add Single, Multiple, or Multiple at Interval contour labels. Modify the properties of contour label lines to change the label style for major, minor, and user-defined contour labels.

Use a line or polyline of an existing object as a label line or draw label lines on the fly for single or multiple contours.

Note

The line that is used to place the contour labels is a custom object called the Surface Contour Label Group object. The default layer for this object is set on the Object Layers tab of the Drawing Settings dialog box.

Tip

Freezing the default layer of the contour label line freezes the contour labels. To control the visibility of the contour label line, change its display settings in the contour label line properties.

To make a contour label mask out the contour use the Background Mask property in the contour label style. Edit the contour label style using the Label Style Composer, and on the Layout tab under Border, set the value for Background Mask to True.

You can also use the Masking property in the AutoCAD Properties palette to mask contour lines. For more information, see Background Mask.

Tutorial Exercise: Labeling a Surface

To add single surface contour labels

  1. Click Annotate tabLabels & Tables panelAdd Labels menuSurfaceContour - Single.
  2. Select the contour to label.

OR

  1. Click Annotate tab Labels & Tables panel Add Labels menu SurfaceAdd Surface Labels.
  2. In the Add Labels dialog box, from the Label Type list, select Contour - Single to add single contour labels by picking a single point on a surface contour line.
    Note

    If you want to view or edit the settings for surface contour labels, click to display the Edit Command Settings - AddContourLabelingSingle dialog box. Set the Display Contour Label Line to false to display contour label lines only when its label is selected.

  3. Depending on the type of surface contour lines (major, minor, or user-defined) that the contour label line crosses, specify the label styles for the corresponding contour lines:
    • From the Major Contour Label Style list, select the style for major contour lines.
    • From the Minor Contour Label Style list, select the style for minor contour lines.
    • From the User Contour Label Style list, select the style for user-defined contour lines.
  4. Click Add.
  5. Click on the contour line where you want to place a label. You can add as many labels as you want. Press Enter when finished.
  6. Note

    You can set the default interval value. In the Add Labels dialog box, to display the Edit Command Settings - AddContourLabelingSingle dialog box and set the Interval Along Contour property.

    All the surface contours that were intersected by the contour label line are labeled at the specified intervals along their entire length.

Ribbon

Annotate tab Labels & Tables panel Add Labels menu SurfaceContour - Multiple At Interval

Menu

Surfaces menu Add Surface LabelsAdd Surface Labels

Command Line

AddSurfaceContourLabelingGroup

AddSurfaceLabels


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