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Create a basic label style. Label styles determine the appearance of Civil 3D annotation. The
creation of label styles will constitute a major part of the effort in making the transition to Civil
3D as a primary platform for plan production. Your skills will grow with the job requirements
if you start with basic labels and then make more complicated labels as needed.
Master It Create a copy of the Elevation Only Point label style, name it Elevation With
Border, and add a border to the text component.
Create a new object style. Object styles in Civil 3D let you quit managing display through
layer modification and move to a more streamlined style-based control. Creating enough object
styles to meet the demands of plan production work will be your other major task in preparing
to move to Civil 3D.
Master It Create a new Surface style named Contours_Grid, and set it to show contours in
plan views but a grid display in any 3D view.
Navigate the Ribbon’s contextual tabs. As with AutoCAD, the Ribbon is the primary inter-
face for accessing Civil 3D commands and features. When you select an AutoCAD Civil 3D
object, the Ribbon displays commands and features related to that object. If several object types
are selected, the Multiple contextual tab is displayed.
Master It Using the Ribbon interface, access the Alignment Style Editor for the Proposed
Alignment style. (Hint: it’s used by the Avery Drive alignment.)