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.
Index Contours: Label All will label both index and
intermediate contours with the same settings. Label Index Only
labels only the index contours. Separate Index Layer will label
both index and intermediate contours with the index labels on a
different layer.
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)
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