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Positioning Labels
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For Text Labels, it is important to know the label style justification and rotation
values when selecting the Frame Justification. For instance, if you define a text
style that is left justified, then the texts alignment point is at the lower left
corner of that text entity. If you specify Frame Top for the frame vertical
justification, then the texts alignment point is placed at the top of the frame.
Remember to take into account the angle of the text rotation you set with the
Text Label command when you are setting the justification. If the text was
defined as right justified and set at an angle of 270 degrees, then specifying
Frame Top places the text outside the frame, since the alignment point at the
right end of the text block corresponds to the top of the frame.
Drawing a Line Marker
Select the Draw Line Marker check box to draw a line from the item you are
labeling to the label.
In the following illustration, a line is drawn from the top of the label frame (at
the bottom of the profile), to each grade break:
Line drawn to each grade break
A typical example of using this feature would be with an existing ground profile
elevation label that has been attached to a label frame below the profile. The
most common usage is to show the station values or the elevation values at
specific stations in a Label Frame box. Draw Line Marker inserts a line from the
Frame Justification (A) to the apparent intersection of the Design Data Point (B)
and the frame.
Setting Horizontal and Vertical Offset Values
You can use the Horizontal and Vertical offset boxes to specify offset values for
the labels.
For example, if you insert a template point code elevation on a section at the
design location, and set the text to middle left justified with a rotation of 90
degrees, the text starts exactly on the design point. However, by applying a
small vertical offset, the text appears above the design point.