Hello everyone,
I am trying to get point 1234 to show a label that says Point #1234 and then in a grading plan have that same point show up as a spot elevation. I have tried making two point groups "Point #" and "Spot Grades" which include the same points in them with two different label styles for each group, however the point seems to only want to take one label style at a time.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Nick
The point styles by viewport has been on the wish list for several versions now. One way I've found is to export your points, generate one of the styles that you want, explode the points to get the label separated from the point object. Then re-import the points and label with the other style. It is an ugly workaround. Another method is to use two different colors for the label text and use different ctb that don't plot the color of the 'off' label for the different sheets. Also less than perfect. Maybe someone has a better idea.
Mark Green
Working on Civil 3D in Canada
You could also import the points to a new drawing and assign the Spot Elevation style in that drawing. Then xref that in as only thaw the Xref layer in the viewport that needs the spot grades. This only works if your Point # Label Style is on a layer that you can freeze in the viewport.
Allen
Allen Jessup
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Mark Green
Working on Civil 3D in Canada
So it seems that I am not alone in this issue, hopefully Autodesk will realize this is a problem. I think were going to import the points into another drawing and assign the spot elevation style that way they stay dynamic. Thank you all for your help! I wouldve spent hours playing with the label styles!
Because in this specific instance there is no surface, just points. And a point will only take one label at a time.
Seeing that no one has suggested this, here is what I propose as a workaround:
1. Store the points in a survey database.
2. Create Drawing A and insert the survey points using style A
3. Create Drawing B and insert the survey points using style B
4. XREF drawings A & B into your plans.
Any edits to the point database can be propogated to the drawings.
I know this is not an ideal workflow but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for an enhancement to come anytime soon.