Datasheet

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as the user interaction surrounding the use of Civil 3D. Being familiar with the way this tab
works will help you further down the line, because almost every other setting dialog in the pro-
gram works like the one shown in Figure 1.7.
You can approach this tab in the following ways:
Top to Bottom Expand one branch, handle the settings in that branch, and then close it and
move to the next.
Print and Conquer Expand all the branches using the Expand All Categories button found
at the lower right.
Drawing Precision vs. Label Precision
You can create label styles (discussed in Chapter 19, “Styles”) to annotate objects using precision,
units, or specifications other than those set in the Ambient or Command Settings dialog. Establish
settings to reflect how you’d like to input and track your data, not necessarily how you’d like to
label your data.
The Ambient Settings for Direction offer the following choices:
Unit: Degree, Radian, and Grad
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Precision: 0 through 8 decimal places•u
Rounding: Round Normal, Round Up, and Truncate•u
Figure 1.7
The Ambient Set-
tings tab with the
General branch
expanded
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