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Staggering Profile and Section Labels

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Staggers profile and section labels for improved visibility.

Use the label height staggering options to avoid collisions in densely populated graph views in order to improve legibility. The staggering options are available through the AutoCAD Properties palette or the Properties dialog boxes.

Specify the height of the stagger lines so that label components have adequate spacing.

Profile with staggered labels to avoid collisions

To stagger profile labels

  1. Right-click a profile object and select Edit Labels.
  2. In the Label Set Dialog Box dialog box, specify the Stagger Labels settings as required.
  3. Specify the height of the stagger lines.
    Note

    Layer, linetype and other AutoCAD properties of the stagger lines are determined by the leader settings in the Dragged State tab of the corresponding label style.

OR

  1. Right-click a profile label and select Properties
  2. In the AutoCAD Properties palette under Staggering, specify the stagger label settings as required.

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