This command sets the format for line and curve tables. Text Layer and Text Style determine the layer and style of the line/curve table text. The distance for line tables can be labeled in horizontal or slope distance. The Automatic Table Update option will automatically insert the entry into the line or curve table. The auto update will renumber the other table entries and the associated labels in the drawing. For example, if a line table had lines #1-5 and a line #4 was added, then the new line #4 would be inserted into the table and the previous lines #4 and #5 would be updated to #5 and #6. The L4 and L5 labels on the lines would also be updated to L5 and L6. Without the automatic update option, the entry location must be picked and the labels updated manually. The Label Alignment determines the orientation of the L# or C# that is labeled on the line or curve. Horizontal will make the label horizontal to the current twist screen and Parallel will draw the label parallel with the line or curve chord. The Line and Curve Label Prefix sets the text before the number that is drawn in the table and on the line or curve (i.e. "L3" or "Line3"). The Curve Options specifies which curve data to include in the table and the order. You specify the label and table attributes in the Line/Curve Table Defaults dialog.
Label Text Layer:
This field determines the layer of the line/curve text.
Label Text Style: This
field determines the style of the line/curve text.
Label Text Size: This
field determines the size of the line/curve text.
Line Label Prefix: This
field determines the prefix for each line.
Table Text Layer: This
field determines the layer of the line/curve table text.
Table Text Style: This
field determines the style of the line/curve table text.
Table Text Size: This
field determines the size of the line/curve table text.
Curve Label Prefix: This
field determines the prefix for each curve.
Prompt for Label Location:
This option prompts you to pick the location to label each line or
curve. If this is not selected, the location is chosen automatically.
Under Line Table
Distance, the method for measuring distance is specified.
Horizontal: The distance
measured is only horizontal, even if the line is a 3D polyline.
Slope: The distance
measured is the slope distance, used mostly for 3D polylines to get
their true length.
Under Label
Angles in, the type of angle is selected.
Azimuth: The angles are
reported as azimuth.
Bearings: The angles are
reported as bearings.
Gons: The angles are
reported as gons.
Under Automatic Table Update, the option automatically inserts the entry into the line or curve table. The auto update renumbers the other table entries and the associated labels in the drawing. For example, if a line table contained lines #1-5 and a line #4 was added, then the new line #4 would be inserted into the table, and the previous lines #4 and #5 would be updated to #5 and #6. The L4 and L5 labels on the lines would also be updated to L5 and L6. If you set the Automatic Table Update to Off, you must manually pick the entry location and update the labels. If Automatic Table Update is set to On, the table is updated automatically whenever the line is modified.
Label Alignment determines the orientation of the L# or C# that is labeled on the line or curve. Horizontal will make the label horizontal to the current screen alignment, Parallel will draw the label parallel to the line or curve chord. Under Curve Options, you specify which curve data to include in the table and the order.Selecting “Set Line
Table Labels” will lead you to the Line Table controls, as “Set Curve
Table Labels” (see graphic at end of this command page) leads to the
Curve Table controls. The options in
“Set Line Table Labels” are shown below:
With the above settings, for example, the Line Table
appears as shown below. For improved “aesthetics”, you might
prefer to change the Bearing justification to “Center”, for example.
To save space, you can reduce the size of the
“Distance” column from 11.5 to 10. Note that using the Line Label
Prefix option, L1 and L2, for example, can read Line1 and Line2, and
for that, you may want to expand the “Width” setting for the Line
column. The prefix flexibility, and the fact that the text used
for the column header can be changed, means that line tables and curve
tables can be plotted in any language. In Puerto Rico, for
example, surveys are typically conducted in bearings, in meters and in
Spanish. For that location, the table could be reconfigured as
shown here:
This would lead to the following line table:
Note that changing the
distance suffix to “m” (or
omitting any suffix by making it blank) is accomplished in the more
general command Annotation Defaults.
Finally, below we see the
dialog that appears when you choose Set Curve
Table Labels.
Pulldown Menu Location: Annotate > Line/Curve Table
Keyboard Command: tdef
Prerequisite: None
File Names: \lsp\tdef.lsp, \lsp\scadcogo.dcl