Civil 3D 2007 Preview - "Add Labels"

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From the General Menu in Civil 3D 2007, you'll find the "Add Labels" command that calls the following dialog:



Notice the ability to label "Notes" as well as "Lines and Curves!"

Also notice the bottom of the dialog, "Reference text object prompt method." Use Referenced Text components in label styles to include references to other objects in a label. You can insert references to surfaces, profiles, and alignments. For example, you now have the ability to label an alignment with an elevation derived from a profile!

(From Help) Referenced Text components are supported for the following label types:

Line
Curve
Note
Alignment Station Offset
Profile View Station Elevation
Surface Spot Elevation
Section View Offset Elevation

Note Referenced Text is supported for only these types because of the way new label types are implemented in Autodesk Civil 3D. The last four label types listed above were present in previous versions of Autodesk Civil 3D. If you open an older drawing that contains those label types with Autodesk Civil 3D 2007, those label types will be converted to the new label object.

Each Referenced Text component can refer to only one Autodesk Civil 3D object. For example, you can format a Referenced Text component to include an alignment name and its description, but it cannot refer to two different alignment names. To include references to two different alignments you would need to include two Referenced Text components in the label style.



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