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As explained previously, you can send any value in the Curve Calculator to the command
line using the button next to that value. This ability is most useful while you’re active in a curve
command and would like to use a certain parameter value to complete the command.
Adding Line and Curve Labels
Although most robust labeling of site geometry is handled using Parcel or Alignment labels,
limited line- and curve-annotation tools are available in Civil 3D. The line and curve labels are
composed much the same way as other Civil 3D labels, with marked similarities to Parcel and
Alignment Segment labels.
Our next exercise leads you through labeling the deed you re-created earlier in this chapter:
1. Continue working in the Deed Create Start.dwg file.
2. Click the Labels button in the Labels & Tables panel on the Annotate tab. The Add Labels
dialog appears, as shown in Figure 1.48.
3. Choose Line And Curve from the Feature drop-down menu.
4. Choose Multiple Segment from the Label Type drop-down menu. The Multiple Segment
option places the label at the midpoint of each selected line or arc.
5. Confirm that Line Label Style is set to Bearing Over Distance and that Curve Label Style
is set to Distance-Radius And Delta.
6. Click the Add button.
Figure 1.47
The Fixed Property
drop-down menu
gives you the choice
of fixing your radius
or delta value.
Figure 1.48
The Add Labels
dialog, set to
Multiple Segment
Labels
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