Surface Elevation Label

Tools to create, convert, import and export surface elevation labels.

Keyboard Command: SurElvLab

• Add: Adds elevation labels at points along a selection set of objects. Before creating elevation labels, the tool checks it's point list to make sure duplicates are not created from that list. It does not check existing labels to make sure one does not exist at that location.
• Convert: Convert nodal objects like CogoPoints, inserts, mtext to elevation labels. If the DELOBJ variable is set, the source objects are removed.
• Duplicate: Duplicates selected elevation labels to selected surface (essentially copy with reference change). Freezes original selected labels layers by default easily see the new labels.
• Export: Exports X,Y,Z coordinates of selected spot elevations to a CSV file (suitable for import).
• High: Adds elevation labels at the high point(s) of the surface (there may only be one).
• Import: Imports point coordinates and places surface elevations at the specified locations. The elevations of the points in the file are ignored (the elevation of the surface is used).
• Low: Adds elevation labels at the low point(s) of the surface (there may only be one).
• Rotate: Rotates a selection of elevation labels with options.
  • Figures: Takes the point where the label is placed, determines the forward direction and assigns it to the label. You can also enter a rotate rotation angle, this allows you to enter 90.0 for perpendicular to the geometry.
  • Point: Rotates the locations of the selected labels about a picked point using a specified clockwise rotation angle. At the time of this option being added, the CAD rotate command / grips would not rotate labels.
  • Snap: Snaps to underlying geometry so the angle matches the geometry angle. You can also enter a rotate rotation angle, this allows you to enter 90.0 for perpendicular to the geometry.
• Stats: Evaluates selected elevation labels and reports the minimum, maximum, and average values.

Procedure:

1. Executing this command using the menu, ribbon or command above.
2. Select the surface to process in the drawing.
3. Optionally pick a closed linear object to limit the results.
4. Choose from the following options.

Notes:

• Some options may not be available in the current version of BCSTools because of the lack of an API. When an API (Bricsys supplied) becomes available, we will review these and make them available at that time.