This tool can be used to label various parameters of the vertices of a selection set of polylines. The user has total control over the layout of the labels, using any wording. The user includes fields in the template that are filled in by the routine when placed in the drawing. The following fields may embedded in the label template.
Keyboard Command: PlnVtxLab
Upon execution of the command, the following prompt will appear.
DS> Quadrant/Distance/Template/Width/<Begin Selection>:
- Quadrant: The numeric quadrant to place the label in.
- Distance: The distance from the point to place the label at.
- Template: The sentence(s) containing the fields to label. You may use carriage returns as needed. A simple example is shown below:
North: [YC]
East: [XC]
Elev: [ZC] - Width: The width of the Mtext object created. This should be left at 0.0 unless you are using a paragraph style template (like the example below) and want it to word wrap at the designated width.
- Begin Selection: Simply press enter to end the options and begin selecting polylines to process.
Fields:
- [VI]: Vertex Index, incrementing from 1 (the first vertex).
- [XC]: X Coordinate
- [YC]: Y Coordinate
- [ZC]: Z Coordinate (Elevation)
- [HD]: Running horz distance, accumulating from 0.0 (the first vertex).
- [SD]: Running slope distance
- [ED]: Elev difference, the difference between the current vertex and the last.
- [HP]: Horizontal distance from previous point.
- [SP]: Slope distance from previous point.
An example paragraph using all fields is shown below:
"Vertex number [VI] has a northing of [YC] and easting of [XC] with an elevation of [ZC]. The difference in elevation between the points is [ED]. The horizontal distance is [HD] with a slope distance of [SD]. The horizontal distance between this point and the previous one is [HP] with a slope distance of [SP]."