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Using Label Sets

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Use the Alignment Labels dialog box to assign styles to the individual elements that you want to label on the alignment. Then save the group of labels as a label set.

For example, you can create a label set that only includes major and minor station types, and another label set that includes major and minor stations, and also geometry points, station equations, and design speeds. You can determine the style, start station, and end station for each type of individual label in the label set.

A label set can contain multiple instances of a label type. You can assign different label styles to the individual geometry points in the Geometry Points, Profile Geometry Points, Superelevation Critical Points and Cant Critical Points label types. For example, you can create a label set that contains multiple occurrences of the Geometry Points label type. One occurrence can label the Alignment Beginning and Alignment End points using a style. A second occurrence of the Geometry Points label type can label the Tangent-Tangent Intersect and Tangent-Curve Intersect points using a different style.

After you save a label set, you can reuse it by importing it to the alignment.

Label sets include the following label types:

  • Major Stations
  • Minor Stations
  • Geometry Points
  • Profile Geometry Points
  • Station Equations
  • Design Speeds
  • Superelevation Critical Points
  • Cant Critical Points

For more information about modifying labels, see Modifying Labels in a Drawing. For more information about which properties of different label types can be modified, see Managing Layout Properties for Label Styles.

Tutorial Exercise: Adding Labels in Groups

Note

To change the label type defaults, right-click the <Label Type> collection on the Settings tree in Toolspace and select Edit Label Style Defaults. For more information, see Default Settings for All Labels in a Label Type.

To add labels to a label set

  1. Click Annotate tabLabels & Tables panelAdd Labels menuAlignmentAdd/Edit Station Labels.
  2. Select an alignment in the drawing to open the Alignment Labels dialog box.
  3. In the Type list, select the type of label that you want to add.
    Note

    To add minor station labels, you must have at least one major station label type added to the label set.

  4. In the Style list, select a style for the label type.
  5. Click Add.
    Tip

    To delete a label, select the label type and click. You cannot delete a major station if it has a minor station.

  6. If you select either the Geometry Points, Profile Geometry Points,Superelevation Critical Points, or Cant Critical Points label type, select the specific points to label.
  7. In the Style column, either click the icon to change the style or accept the label style selection.
  8. In the Increment column, either enter a value to determine the increment distance between major station labels, or accept the default.
  9. In the Start Station column, either clear the check box and enter a new starting station value or accept the default.
  10. In the End Station column, either clear the check box and enter a new end station value or accept the default.
    Note

    The default start and end stations for each label type are the beginning and end of the alignment. To change either the start station or end station, clear the check box, and enter new start station and end station values.

  11. In the Geometry Points To Label column, click to update the points to label.
    Note

    The Geometry Points To Label column is only available for the Geometry Points, Profile Geometry Points,Superelevation Critical Points, and Cant Critical Points label types.

  12. Repeat Steps 2 through 10 to add more label types to the label set.

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