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This command sets the defaults for the annotation menus and controls
the way various
annotation commands work. Some of these defaults can be changed
globally by running
Configure command, which changes the file COGO.INI so
that every time you start Carlson, the new
defaults are set. When this menu option is selected the Annotate
Defaults dialog appears.
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Horizontal Scale: This is the horizontal scale for the current drawing. This value can also be set by using the Drawing Setup command on the Settings menu.
Text Size: This value is multiplied by the horizontal scale value to set the text size units.
Annotation Layer: This specifies the layer to be used for the bearing and distance text.
Text Style: This specifies the text style to be used for the bearing and distance text.
Distance Suffix: This specifies the suffix that is appended to distance annotations.
Text Offset Scaler: This value multiplied by the horizontal scale defines the distance that an annotation label is placed from its defining line.
Line Type Spacing: Specifies the distance between the symbols on special line types.
Line Type Text Scaler: This value multiplied by the horizontal scale specifies the size of the symbols of special line types.
Arc Length Label: Specifies the prefix label for arc length labels.
Arc Text Spacing Factor: This variable controls how close letters will be spaced when labeling arcs. The lower the number, the closer the spacing. The higher, the farther apart. (The suggested range between 0.8 and 1.5)
Azimuth Label: Specifies the prefix text for azimuth labels.
Bearing Annotation Precision: Specify the display precision for bearing labels.
Bearing Direction Method: Choose the orientation of the bearing. This controls how lines selected for bearing or azimuth annotations will be referenced.
Toward Picked End: If this option is chosen, the line will be labeled in the direction of the endpoint that is closest to the point where you selected the line.
Away from Picked End: This labels the line in the direction away from the closest endpoint.
North Only: This option controls whether bearing annotations will always be labeled in the north quadrants (NE or NW) and never in the south quadrants.
By Linework: This option labels the line in the direction that the line was drawn.
Strip Spaces in Bearing Labels: This option causes the spaces in bearing labels to be removed.
Add Spaces in Bearing Labels: This option puts spaces between the degree, minutes, and seconds numbers.
Label Both Feet and Meters: This option causes the program to label distances in both feet and meters.
2nd Dist Decimals: This option applies to the second distance label. The number of decimal places for the first distance label is set by the Units Control command in the *Settings* menu. For example, distances in feet could have 2 decimals and distances in meters could have 3 decimals.
2nd Dist Label: This option applies to the second distance label. This variable will be assigned as a suffix to the label.
Drop Trailing Zeros: This option allows you to drop trailing zeros on distance labels.
Draw Bearing Leaders: This option creates a direction arrow with the bearing annotation as shown below.
Use 2nd Dist Brackets: This option applies to the second distance label. If turned on, the second distance labels will be enclosed in brackets, for example [34.5m].
Draw Leaders to Endpoints: This option creates leader lines (crow's feet) between the distance annotation and the line segment endpoints as shown below. These leaders are used to help identify the endpoints that were used to create the distance label.
Leader Size Scaler: This option determines the maximum length for leaders. The size in drawing units will be the Leader Size Scaler multiplied by the Horizontal Scale (for example, 0.5x50=25). If the line segment is too short, the leader is shortened to fit.
Offset Scaler: This option controls the distance between the line endpoints and the leader endpoints.
Leader Style: This option determines which of the five styles
of
endpoint leaders to use. The
five styles are: Arrow-Arc, Arc-Arrow, Arc-Only, Dash-Dot and Dashed.
Leader Layer: This option determines the layer for drawing
the leader.
Load/Save: Choose these options to load an existing annotation defaults file (.ADF) or save a new one, which will contain your current selections.
Pulldown Menu Location: Annotate
Keyboard Command: LDEF
Prerequisite: None
File Name: \lsp\ldef.lsp