Chainage on Poly


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Ribbon:   Alignments Tab > Utilities Panel > Chainage on Poly
General Tab > Labels Panel > Chainage on Poly

Introduction

The Chainages on Poly tool enables the user to create Labels diplaying alignment information on polyline vertices or picked points on a polyline. Each Label is stored in a list and can be individually styled according to user requirements.

This tool is very useful if the user requires chainages at lot frontages. The user can either pick individual points or allow the tool create multiple labels at maximum intervals.

The user can create a Label Set which will contain custom Label Styles and choose polyline objects.

In the example below, the user can create a Label Set called  'Lot Chainages', create/choose a Label Style which displays a marker/level at each point or vertex and if mulitple labels is select, choose a maximum multiple label distance.

The user can choose from Labelling single picked points along the polyline or multiple offset points along the polyline.

 

**WARNING** Please note that EXPLODING polylines that have Labels will result in the permanent deletion of the Labels. The Label items will still remain listed in the Label Listing table but cannot be retrieved.

Details

Upon selecting the command the following form is displayed:


 

Label Set Name

Name of the currently selected label set (not editable).

Delete the current Label Set Name with option to delete all associated label objects in drawing

Labels Tab

This tab manages the parameters for the labels

 


 

Polyline Labels

Functionality to assign Label Styles and add labels to the drawing

  Label Style

 Select a list and click OK to edit the label group.

  Edit Label Style

 This opens the Label Styles command for Surface Labels

 Multiple Labels - Maximum Offset

 Select the surface on which to apply the labels
Add Single Label

On selection, the user is prompted with the following:
 
  1. Select a polyline on screen to label
  2. Pick the alignment to reference for chainages
  3. Pick a point anywhere on the polyline for the Label displaying the reference chainage
Add Multiple Labels On selection the user is prompted with the following:
 
  1. Select a polyline on screen to label
  2. Pick the alignment to reference for chainages
  3. Pick a point anywhere on the polyline for the Label displaying the reference chainage

Label Listing

Displays a list of all labels applied to the drawing using the current Label Set Name
  Item
  Polyline
 Road Name
  Distance
Left/Right		 Lists the label number (in order of creation in drawing)
Lists the polyline entity name
Lists the Road Name referenced for the chainage
Lists distance of label from the start vertex of the polyline
-1 = Label is the left side of the Alignment 0 =

Scaling Tab

This tab manages the scaling of the labels within the drawing

 


 

  Scale Option

 Pick the following options
  Always use drawing scale The label sizes are defined by the user annotation scale set in the drawing (CANNOSCALE)
     Keep first drawing scale The drawing scale at the time of the Labels creation will be permanently stored & used regardless of future drawing scale changes.
User scale User can define the drawing scale of the labels using the box below

  Scale (1:x)

 Select a list scale from the list or type a custom scale

Output / Editting

These functions enable the user to edit & refine the labels in the drawing
 

Select to update the display of all labels in the drawing

Select a label from the list to move within drawing. User will be prompted to pick a new label position on screen

Select a single label from the list and delete from the drawing
Select to reset grip editted labels to default positions. This will also restore any Labels that have been accidentally erased from the drawing.
Ticking this box will zoom the screen to a selected label in the list
Exit the Surface Labels command