Line/Curve Table Defaults

This command sets the format for line and curve tables. Line and curve tables are commonly used in situations where:

The amount of line/curve annotation in the drawing itself makes the drawing look too "cluttered," and/or
The length(s) of the line(s)/curve(s) are too short for the annotation label being placed

You specify the label and table attributes in the Line/Curve Table Defaults dialog:

Combine Line and Curve Tables: This option makes a single table with both line and curve data. When this option is active, the curve settings govern and the line settings aren't used. For line segments, the chord length and chord bearing fields are used for the line length and bearing. Typically the chord length and chord bearing would be set to Sequence numbers 1 and 2. Also, under Curve Table Labels you can set the headers for curve number to "ID", chord length to "Length" and chord bearing to "Bearing" to make the headers apply for both lines and curves.

Label Text Layer: Click the Set button or specify the layer of the annotation which is applied to the line/curve itself.

Label Text Style: Click the Set button or specify the text style of the annotation which is applied to the line/curve itself.

Label Text Size: Specify the text size of the annotation which is applied to the line/curve itself.

Line Label Prefix: Specify a prefix which should be inserted prior to each line number. The prefix can be an alpha-numeric string.

Line Table Title: Specify a caption for the line table.

Table Text Layer: Click the Set button or specify the layer of the annotation which is inserted to the line/curve table.

Table Text Style: Click the Set button or specify the text style of the annotation which is inserted to the line/curve table.

Table Text Size: Specify the text size of the annotation which is inserted to the line/curve table.

Row Height Factor: Indicate a positive, non-zero multiplier of the Table Text Size to help adjust spacing for each row in the table.

Curve Label Prefix: Specify a prefix which should be inserted prior to each curve number. The prefix can be an alpha-numeric string.

Curve Table Title: Specify a caption for the curve table.

Set Line Table Labels: See the expanded Set Line Table Labels section below.

Set Curve Table Labels: See the expanded Set Curve Table Labels section below.

Prompt for Label Location: When enabled, this option prompts you to pick the location for the label placed onto the line/curve itself. If this is disabled, the location is chosen automatically.

Label Symbol: Select a geometric shape that is placed around the label that is applied to the line/curve itself.

Line Table Distance: Indicate how distances for the lines are reported:

Horizontal: The distance displayed is only the horizontal distance, even if the selected entity has different "Z" values at either end of the line.
Slope: The distance measured is the slope distance, used mostly for 3D polylines to get their true length.
None: For a table of angles only.

Label Angles in: Indicate how the line direction is labeled:

Azimuth: The angles are reported as azimuths.
Bearings: The angles are reported as bearings.
Gons: The angles are reported as gons.
None: For a table of distances only.

Automatic Table Update: Indicate if labels in the table should be re-sequenced:

On: This option renumbers the other table entries and the associated labels in the drawing if a new (but previously used number) is specified for the table. For example, if a line table contained lines #1-5 and a line #4 was added, 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.
Off: You must manually pick the entry location and update the labels.

Label Alignment: Indicate the method by which the label is oriented on the line/curve itself:

Horizontal: This option places the label horizontal to the current screen alignment, as defined by the various Twist Screen commands (Standard, Line, Polyline or Text, Surveyor or Restore Due North).
Parallel: This option will orient the label parallel to the line or curve chord.

Use Table Entity: When enabled, Line and Curve Tables can be further manipulated with the Split Table, Merge Tables and Edit Table Values commands. The Row Height Factor controls the height of the table rows.

Combine Equal Rows: When enabled, lines or curves that share identical geometry with other lines and curves can assume the number of the equivalent line/curve. As an example, if a line 100 feet long on a bearing of N 90°00'00" E is assigned a label of L3 and additional lines with this geometry are labeled, you will have the option of re-using the L3 label for these additional lines. In other words, a single label reference in the table can correlate to many identical entities in the drawing and can keep the overall length of the line/curve table to a minimum.

Append First Table Item To Line/Curve Label: When enabled, an additional reference item from the Line/Curve Table will be placed alongside the label number assigned to the line/curve itself.

Curve Options: Indicate the order in which curve labels shall be inserted into the curve table. Entries left blank (empty) will not be listed in the curve table.

Load: Loads a previously saved collection of Line/Curve Table Default values (*.LCT) into memory.

Save: Saves the current Line/Curve Table Default values to a *.LCT file.

Set Line Table Labels

Selecting the Set Line Table Labels option allows you to control the label, column width, text justification and displayed precision for the options selected in the Line Table Distance and Label Angles In controls.

With the above settings, you might find the Line Table more aesthetically pleasing as it produces the following example:

The prefix flexibility and the fact that the text used for the column header can be changed, means that line and curve tables can be plotted in any language. For example, in Puerto Rico survey plats are typically submitted 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 (see the Notes section below for additional information):

Set Curve Table Labels

Essentially identical to the Set Line Table Labels command, the Set Curve Table Labels command allows you to control the label, column width, text justification and displayed precision for the options selected in the Curve Options control.

Note:

Changing the distance suffix to "m" (or omitting any suffix by making it blank) is accomplished in the more general command of Annotate Defaults.
Reporting distance units in a unit of measure different from that of the current project is accomplished via the Drawing Setup → Report Distance Scale Factor option and the Annotate Defaults command.
Physical changes to the lines/curves will trigger label updates if the Link Labels with Linework option (if available) is enabled under Carlson Configure → General Settings.

Pulldown Menu Location(s): Annotate → Line/Curve Table
Keyboard Command: tdef
Prerequisite: None