Label Plan

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Introduction

The Plan Labels command provides users with access to multiple labelling tools to create labels in the drawing.  The Plan Labels command provides added to adding labels to surfaces, alignments, strings and pipe networks.

Plan Labels are intelligent labels with links to the object that they are created for. Users can create labels with textual information related to the object they are connected to, and all labels update whenever the user runs the Synchronise command, or moves the label (for labels that are built to be repositioned by the user, such as surface elevation labels)

Label Types Explained

Label Type	Details	Sample
Surface Elevation and 1 Point Slope Label	Display surface elevations, including cut and fill
	Display instantaneous slope information for a surface
Surface 2 Point Slope Labels	Display AVERAGE slope calculated between two points, defined by the start and end of a Line element defined in the style Note: the Line must act as the Marker for this type of application.
Alignment Labels	Display alignment labels at select chainage locations (major, minor and geometry) along the alignment
Alignment Offset Labels	Display alignment chainage and information, calculated at a selected location in the drawing
String Vertical Geometry Labels	Display string vertical geometry on the plan
String Code Labels	Display information on plan related to design codes on a String, such as elevation and code
Pipe Network Labels	Display pipe network information.

 

Managing Label Display and Editing

The label presentation is managed by the creation and application of Label Styles.  These are created and saved in the drawing, each with its own predefined style. The styles created can be used for other projects and stored within the global settings for inclusion in new projects. Label Styles are managed via the Label Styles command for Surface Labels.

Grip Editing.  Text and Marker (Surface Label example shown)
Marker Grip	Moving the marker grip will reposition the entire label and update the Label content if referencing a surface. Use the Sychronise Labels command to update label contents where necessary.
Text Grips	Moving the text grips will reposition the Label text only.
Leaders	Users can create a Label Style which will generate leaders from the marker to the Label text if the text grip is dragged a specified distance.

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Grip Editing.  Text associated to Line (Surface Label example shown)

Text can be associated to a line, with position set relative to the line

Details

This is where you detail what the command does, how it behaves and what the inputs are.  The traditional approach is as follows

Upon selecting the command the following form is displayed:

Label Group List	Lists the different types of labels that can be created.  Double click on one of these to create a new Label Group of that type.  Selecting a label group will display buttons with options to reorder the groups, edit and delete groups of labels
Surface Elevations an d1 Point Slope Label	Details for this label type are covered in Surface Elevations and 1 Point Slope Labels
Surface 2 Point Slop Labels	Details for this label type are covered in Surface 2 Point Slope Labels
Alignment Labels	Details for this label type are covered in Alignment Labels
Alignment Offset Labels	Details for this label type are covered in Alignment Offset Labels
String Vertical Geometry Labels	Details for this label type are covered in String Vertical Geometry Labels
String Code Labels	Details for this label type are covered in String Code Labels
Pipe Network Labels	Details for this label type are covered in Pipe Network Labels
	Edit tools for selected label group.  Left click, then right click on the label group will provide a similar list of controls.
Move Up	Move the selected label group up in the list of group labels of that type
Move Down	Move the selected label group down in the list of group labels of that type
Edit Label Group	Open the label group for editing
Delete Label Group	Deletes the selected label group
Close	Close the form