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Exercise 1: Adding Labels in Groups, Location, Appearance and Visibility, Behavior, Anchor
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Labels are defined by the following properties. You will learn how to work with many of these properties in later tutorial exercises. ■ Location. Label location in a drawing depends on the object using the label. For example, a parcel area label is usually placed at the center of the parcel, and surface contour labels are usually placed on the contour line. ■ Appearance and Visibility. Whether a label is visible, and how it appears in a drawing, can be specified in the label style or by managing the AutoCAD properties. You can define different display settings, such as color, lineweight, and linetype, for each label component. ■ Mode. Many label styles have two modes: label and tag. Tags identify labeled objects within a table. ■ Behavior. Labels behave according to their association with objects. For example, if you move an object in a drawing, the label moves with it. Also, behavior can also determine how a label is positioned or oriented in a drawing. ■ Anchor. A label is placed in relation to an object or another label style component. ■ Plan-Readable Text. Labels can be placed at any angle, but you can select a plan-readability setting to maintain upright legibility. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Inserting and Managing Labels in Drawings. Exercise 1: Adding Labels in Groups In this exercise, you will use label sets to apply several types of labels to an alignment. You can automatically add labels as you create objects, such as points, alignments, or parcels. Labeling an object automatically is an efficient way to annotate common elements, such as alignment stations or parcel areas, as they are created. In this exercise, you will specify a label set to apply as you create an alignment from a polyline. Both the newly created alignment and its labels will reside in the current drawing. Next, you will learn how to modify the properties of the label set after the alignment has been created. Finally, you will learn how to apply a label set to an alignment that exists in an externally referenced drawing. Exercise 1: Adding Labels in Groups | 745