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Using Plan-Readability

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Use the plan-readability settings to make label text readable in a normal plan view.

When you select the plan-readable option, label text is rotated to a consistent readable angle.

You can specify the angle at which to start flipping labels. By default this angle is set to 110 degrees. That means that as soon as the angle of the text goes beyond 110 degrees, the label will flip 180 degrees to remain plan-readable.

The following illustration shows labels with Plan Readable set to False. Note the label at the bottom of the illustration:

The following illustration shows labels with Plan Readable set to True:

To make a label style plan-readable

  1. In the Label Style Composer dialog box, click the General tab.
  2. Under Plan Readability, change the Plan Readable value to True.
  3. Change the Readability Bias angle to the angle at which you want the labels to start flipping. For example, an angle of 110 degrees means that label text inserted at an angle greater than 110 degrees is flipped.
    Note

    The labels are flipped again when they reach 180 degrees from the Readability Bias angle. For example, if the bias angle is 90, the labels are flipped at 90 degrees, and then are flipped again at 270 degrees.

  4. Set the Flip Anchors With Text setting to False to flip labels so they are mirrors of the original labels. Set this setting to True if you also want to flip the label’s anchor point.
    Note

    In most cases, it is not desirable to have this setting set to True. However, there are cases where it is needed, such as with a station label with a plus sign located always at the station tick.

  5. 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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