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Toolbar
: Annotation Tools 
Menu
: GeoTools 
Annotation Tools
Label picked points with X / Y / Z / XY / XYZ values.
 Command
line : GT_IDXYZ
Label picked point with X, Y, Z, XY or XYZ coordinate formats.
Additionally, the prefixes X=, Y=, Z= (for engineering drawings) or E=,
N= , H= (for geographic coordinates annotations) can be specified in
front of the numbers.
Format
X:
Check this option to label the X coordinate of the picked point. For
geographic data, this is also the longitude or Easting value of the picked
point. Y: Check this option to label the Y
coordinate of the picked point. For geographic data, this is also the
latitude or Northing value of the picked point.
Z: Check this option to label the Z coordinate (height) of the
picked point. XY: Check this option to
label the X and Y coordinates of the picked point. For geographic
data, this is the longitude-latitude or Easting-Northing value of the
picked point. XYZ: Check this option to
label the X, Y and Z coordinates of the picked point. For geographic data,
this is the longitude-latitude-Height or Easting-Northing-Height value of
the picked point.
Coordinate Annotation: This option creates two text objects showing the X coordinate (Eastings) and Y coordinate
(Northings) at right angles to each other with a user-specified gap between the picked point and the start of the annotation
text. The two text objects can be prefixed with E=,N= or X=,Y= or M=,P=.
The last prefix option M=,P= is a new option added in this update and is Portuguese notation for Easting and Northing.
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Running Number: Check this option to
label a running sequence of integer numbers on each picked point. Starting
Station Number: Enter the starting station number of use during
annotation. Prefix Settings Prefix
with X=,Y=,Z=: Checking this option allows a prefix of the kind X=, Y=
or Z= to be entered in front of the coordinate value. Use this setting for
non-geographic drawings. Prefix
with E=,N=,H=: Checking this option allows a prefix of the kind E=, N=
or H= to be entered in front of the coordinate value.
Prefix
with M=,P=,H=:
Checking this option allows a prefix of the kind M=, P=, H= to be entered
in front of the coordinate value. This is the Portuguese notation for
Easting and Northing. No
prefix (coordinates only):
Checking this option will not produce any
prefixes before the coordinate values.
Gap distance (in X and Y
directions):
Specifies gap between the X and Y direction label.
Label Text Height:
Specifies the label text height.
Rotation Angle:
Specifies the rotation angle for text.
GT_IDXYZ Tutorial
See Also: GT_VXLABEL
Toolbar
: Annotation Tools 
Menu
: GeoTools
Annotation Tools
Label Vertices
Command
line : GT_VXLABEL
See under Polyline Tool Set 1
Toolbar
: Annotation Tools 
Menu
: GeoTools
Annotation Tools
Label polylines with object data / database linked data
Command
line : GT_PL_DATALBL
The GT_PL_DATALBL command is used to
label polylines with either their object data or their database data.
Label using:
Object data: Checking this option causes object data from polylines
to be used for the labeling.
Database data: Checking this option causes database data
connected to polylines to be used for the labeling.
Extended entity data: Checking this option causes
extended entity data from polylines
to be used for the labeling.
Label Mode:
Single: Checking this option allows to select one object at a time.
Multiple: Checking this option
allows to select more then one object and marks the label at the midpoint
of the each objects.
Annotation parameters:
Style: This button brings up the annotation style dialog box that
determines how the text label annotation is to be placed.
Data Format: This button brings up the Data Format dialog box
that specifies how the label data is to be formatted. Object
Data settings dialog:
 Object
Table : From this list of available object data tables in the current
drawing, select the name of the object table whose data is to be used for
labeling.
Available fields : Displays the available fields in the selected
object table.
Selected fields : Displays the selected object data fields for
labeling.
Add: Adds the currently highlighted field from the list of
available fields to the list of selected fields.
Remove : Removes from selection the currently highlighted field
from the list of selected fields. Database
settings dialog:
 Link
Template : From this list of defined link templates in the current
drawing, select the name of the link template to be used for labeling.
Available fields : Displays the available fields from the database
table.
Selected fields : Displays the selected table fields for labeling.
Add: Adds the currently highlighted field from the list of
available fields to the list of selected fields.
Remove : Removes from selection the currently highlighted field
from the list of selected fields. Annotation
Style settings dialog:
 Layout:
Specifies how annotation is to be aligned
Along segment : Annotation is created along the segment
Perpendicular to segment : Annotation is created perpendicular to
the segment.
Text Orientation : Specifies how text is oriented.
Always Upright : Text is always upright and readable. If the text
orientation happens to be inverted, it is flipped by 180 degs so that it
becomes readable.
Always aligned : Text is always aligned according to the segment
orientation. It may result in inverted text sometimes.
Position : Specifies more options to align and position the
annotation
Along segment : If the layout option above is "Along
segment", then the position further can be Above Segment, Below
Segment or On segment.
Perpendicular to segment : If the layout option above is
"Perpendicular to segment", then the position further can be Left
of segment or Right of segment.
Label closed polylines at object centroid : This option
causes closed polylines to be labeled at their geometric centroid and not
along the segments. Annotation
Data Format settings dialog: 
Delimiter
between fields : These set of radio buttons determines which
delimiter to use between two or more selected data fields. The following
delimiter options are possible:
Space : (space 'blank' character)
Dash : Uses the - character
Comma : Use a comma [ , ] character as delimiter
Comma + Space : Uses a comma and space character as delimiter
None : Do not use any delimiter
Other : Uses other delimiter string as specified in the "Other
Options" section of this dialog box. Other
options :
Enter delimiter :
Specify the delimiter string to use if "Other"
was chosen as the delimiter in the section above.
Text Style : Select the text style to use for the annotation from the
list of currently defined styles. The current style is offered as default.
Precision for real values : Specify the decimal precision to use for
real value
Text Height : Specify the text height to use for the annotation
Prefix : Specify the prefix value to precede the annotation string, if
required
Suffix : Specify the suffix value to follow the annotation string, if
required
Use underscore [ _ ] for null data: Check this option to display all
null data with an underscore character. This helps in debugging or to
identify fields which have a null or empty field value.
Place labels one below the other (stacked text) : If objects to be labeled
are very close then the text will overlap so to avoid this overlapping
check this box for placing the data labels one below the other. Label
Layer : Displays the name of the layer selected. Select : Pops
up the Select Layer dialog box for selecting required layer for labelling
the polylines with object data.
Xdata Applications :
Select the required extended
entity data Available
fields :
Populates the fields from selected
extended entity data Selected
fields :
Populates the fields to be
transferred Add :
Clicking on Add button
allows to add the Xdata fields to be transferred in the selected fields
area Remove :
Clicking on Remove button
removes the Xdata fields from the selected fields area See Also: GT_VXLABEL
Toolbar
: Annotation Tools 
Menu
: GeoTools
Annotation Tools
Label polyline segment distances
Command
line : GT_SEGLABEL
See under Polyline Tool Set 1
GT_SEGLABEL Tutorial
Toolbar
: Annotation Tools 
Menu
: GeoTools
Annotation Tools
Label contour polylines
Command
line : GT_CONTLABEL
See under Polyline Tool Set 1
Toolbar
: Annotation Tools 
Menu
: GeoTools
Annotation Tools
Label polyline angles
Command
line : GT_ANGLABEL
See under Polyline Tool Set 1
Toolbar
: Annotation Tools 
Menu
: GeoTools
Annotation Tools
Draw centroidal marks inside closed polylines
Command
line : GT_CREATECENTROID
See Under
Polyline
Tool Set 3
Toolbar
: Annotation Tools 
Menu
: GeoTools
Annotation Tools
Annotate ends of lines / polylines with symbols
Command
line : GT_ANNOTATEENDS
The GT_ANNOTATEENDS command is used to
annotate a symbol each at the ends of a curve object. A curve object can
be either a LINE, POLYLINE, ARC or SPLINE.
Block Names:
Specify the names of the blocks to be placed at the start and end points
of the curve. You can specify different scale factors for the start point
and the end point. These can be specified in entering the appropriate
value in the edit boxes provided for the scale factors adjacent to the
block name picker. Place symbol
at:
Choosing the appropriate option here tells the program if the symbol is to
be placed at the start point, end point or both start and end point of the
curve.
Align blocks along slopes at each end of curve:
Checking this option causes the block symbols to align along the slope
angle at each point of the curve where the block is inserted.
Rotation Angle:
If the above option to align blocks along slope is not checked, then
enter the rotation angle to use while placing the blocks at their
insertion point. Blocks Layer:
Displays the name of the layer selected. Select:
Pops up the Select layer dialog box for selecting the required layer
to annotate the lines / polylines.
See Also: GT_PL_PLACE
GT_ANNOTATEENDS Tutorial
Toolbar
: Annotation Tools 
Menu
: GeoTools
Annotation Tools
Annotate points, based on layer names
Command
line : GT_ANNOTPOINTS
The GT_ANNOTPOINTS command is used to annotate a set
of points based on a layer lookup table. This command is often useful in several surveying applications where the raw data is first
imported into AutoCAD as a set of random point objects placed on several different layers. It is then often required to label these
points with meaningful and descriptive text labels with correct text style and height. This command helps to create such a labeled
text.
Select: Allows
to choose the layer for annotating points.
Points Layer Name: Displays the
layer name selected.
Specify a different annotation layer:
Checking this box creates the annotation text in a new layer. (The new
layer name will be derived from the existing point layer but with specified
suffix) Suffix for annotation
layer: Specify the required suffix for the new layers.
Display Text: Type the required text
to annotate points. Text Style:
Select the style to use for displaying the annotated text. Text
Height: Enter the annotation text height. Text
Offset [X]: Enter the distance to offset the text from the point in X
direction. Text Offset [Y]: Enter the
distance to offset the text from the point in Y direction. Current
Layer Annotation Settings: Displays the details such as selected layer
name, Annotation layer name, Description, Style and Height of the text. Add/Update:
Allows for adding and updating the details into the Current Layer
Annotation Settings box. Remove:
Allows to delete the details from the Current Layer Annotation Settings
box. Edit: Allows to edit the
details from the Current Layer Annotation Settings box. Save:
Extracts the details from Current Layer Annotation Settings box to a text
file. Restore: Allows to
restore the details from the text file.
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