Plan View Label Settings

Function

This command sets the drawing format for sewer pipeline and inlet/manhole annotations drawn for the sewer network.  The settings are entered in a dialog with tabs for Structure Labels, Pipe Labels and General Settings.


Shown below is the manhole or inlet name, along with rim elevation, invert elevation and the labelling of the sewer pipe itself. 

StormSewerLabels


Under Structure Labels, you can choose whether to label the structure name, rim elevation, invert-in elevation or invert-out elevation. There are settings for the prefix and suffix for each of these labels. The invert elevations can be positioned either above the structure or along the associated pipe direction. The Add Quadrant option adds the bearing quadrant of the associated pipe direction to the invert label prefix. The option to Use Structure Data Table will put the labels is a block as shown below instead of regular text entities. There are settings for the size of the block columes and the block label  justification.


Under Pipe Labels, you can choose whether to label the pipe size, material, length or slope. For each label, there are settings for the prefix and suffix and for whether to put the label above or below the pipeline. The Pipe Direction Label has two styles for flow direction arrows. The Draw Line Type sets the method for drawing the pipelines as 2D polylines, 3D polylines or parallel 2D polylines set apart with the width of the pipe.

Under General Settings, there are controls for the layers, styles, decimal places, sizes and linetypes. The linetype is only used when the pipe is draw as a 2D polyline.

You are free to move the text anywhere desired for better appearance after it plots.  The labelling will change automatically on the drawing if any of the sewer network information is edited or if the label settings are changed. This automatic redraw will put the labels back in their origrinal positions if you moved the labels with standard drafting edit tools. If the Move Sewer Label command is used, the labels will stay at their modified position even after the automatic redraw.  The labelling and manhole itself will be removed from the screen by the command Remove Sewer Structure, along with connecting pipe sizes and invert elevations of the immediate upstream and downstream manholes. The command Draw Sewer Network--Plan View will also redraw and label the sewer network that is "set" and current, according to the annotation parameters of this command.

Pulldown Menu Location: Network
Keyboard Command: swrsetup
Prerequisite: None
File Name: \lsp\cntr_grd.arx