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Creating a Block Label Style
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4 Click the Edit button to display the Block Style Properties dialog box.
To specify which design elements are labeled, you must set a Code Category and
a Code.
5 Select the Code Category first, because it determines which code options are
available. For more information, see Example: Code Category in this chapter.
6 Choose the Code.
NOTE
The code is used for placing the blocks. For example, to insert a symbol on
the profile at the beginning of a vertical curves, select FG Center Line as the
Code Category, and select VC BVC Sta as the Code.
7 Under Block Entity Data, specify the following information:
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Block Name and Location: To choose the block to insert, you can type the
block name in the Name edit box, or you can click the Block File button, and
then choose the block from the Select Block File dialog box. This location
defaults to the block search path set with the Settings command.
When you generate sheets using block styles, Sheet Manager looks for blocks in
the following order:
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The blocks defined in the current drawing
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The path selected by the Block File button
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The style database path
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The block search path set with the Settings command
NOTE
You can use blocks with attributes. However, to facilitate the automated
generation of sheets, blocks are inserted with their default attribute value.
You wont be prompted for the attributes of each block as it is inserted.
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Scale: Use the Scale edit box to specify at what scale the symbol is placed
into the frame. While determining the scale, keep in mind that the symbol is
placed in paper space.