This command can be used to simultaneously create elevation
labels on a group of contour polylines at elevation. First the
command starts with a dialog with the label options. Then to place
the labels, pick two points crossing the contour polylines at the
desired label location. The program will find all the contour
polylines that intersect the picked line (defined by the two picked
points) and will place labels at the intersection point of each
contour. A second crossing line can be initiated immediately, so
multiple areas can be quickly labeled while remaining in the
command. Alternatively, you can type P for Polyline at the Command
prompt and select a polyline. Then the program finds all the
intersections between the selected polyline and the contours and
places labels at these intersections. The actual "z" elevation of
the contour line determines the label value.
Label Layer specifies layer name for the contour labels
that will be created.
Label Style specifies the text style to be used for
labels.
Horizontal Scale is used in conjunction with the Text Size
Scaler to determine unit height of the contour labels.
Text Size Scaler is a scaler that will be multiplied by the
horizontal scale to set the actual text height of the labels in
AutoCAD units.
Integers controls how many digits to label to the left of
the decimal. For example, if all contours are in the 5000's, then
setting for three digits would label the 5280 contour as
280.
Decimals sets the decimal precision for the labels to be
created.
Label Position determines the label position in relation to
the contour polyline.
When Draw Box Around Text is checked, a rectangle will be
drawn around the elevation labels. The Offset Scaler controls the
size of the rectangle.
The Draw On Real Z Axis
chooses between creating the text entities at the elevations of the
contours or at zero elevation.
The Use MText chooses
between creating MText and DText label entities.
Label Index Only: When checked, only Index contours
are labeled.
Contour Label Options Dialog Opens Select the
desired options and press OK.
Define a line which slices the contours at the desired label
locations.
Pick 1st point (P-Polyline, Enter to end): pick a
point
Pick 2nd point: pick a point
By selecting two points the contour lines that cross the
line defined by the two points are labeled.
Pulldown Menu Location: Surface >> Contour Labels
Keyboard Command: gclabel
Prerequisite: polylines with elevation (contour
polylines)