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3 Type M to use the Manual option.
You are prompted for a point.
4 Select the point to be labeled.
The following prompt is displayed:
Insertion point (Rotation/Leader):
5 Specify the insertion options:
If you
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want to change the rotation angle of
the label
type
Rotation
.
For more information, see Labeling the Offset
of the Cross Section Points Manually in this
chapter.
want to change the label leader
type
Leader
.
For more information, see Labeling the Offset
of the Cross Section Points Manually in this
chapter.
do not want to specify these options go to step 6.
6 Select the location for the label with the pointer, or continue with additional
options of Rotation or Leader.
7 Pick any other point to label the offset, or press ENTER to end the command.
Labeling the Elevation of the Cross Section
Points Automatically
To automatically label the offset of a selected point on a plotted cross section
1 From the Cross Sections menu, choose Section Utilities ä Label Elevation. The
command lists the starting and ending stations and the current section.
The following prompt is displayed:
Text rotation angle <0d0’0”>:
2 Enter the text rotation angle for the offset label, or press ENTER to accept the
default. If you enter a new value for a rotation angle, then this new value
becomes the default for successive uses of the command.
The following prompt is displayed:
Type of text placement (Auto/Manual) <Manual>:
3 Type A to use the Auto option.
The following prompt is displayed:
Text orientation (Random/Linear) <Random>: