Profile View - Tangent Grade Labels

[Anonymous]

Hi All,

I've got a long alignment, which is being broken up across a series of sheets.  The problem I'm having is that the grade of each tangent between vertical curves is only being labeled once, and if it's not on the current sheet then you're SOL.  

What I would expect, is that each profile view would be labeled based on the visible start/end sections of the profiles it's displaying.  

How can I get this to label correctly without adding a PVI to the profile?  

Thanks,
Andrew

[Joe-Bouza]

I would have expected that too. Were these plan production sheets? Have you tried adjusting the weed factor in label style?

[Anonymous]

Yes, plan production sheets, generated using the View Frame Groups - Create Sheets method.  I've played with the weeding factor to no avail....

This guy seems to be having the same problem: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-Civil-3D/Profile-grade-labels-disappearing-in-sheets/m-p/26499...

[Civil3DReminders · Accepted solution]

Change the anchor point of the label from the midpoint to the start or end point of the tangent. Also look at the anchor options (in view) and use a hidden line label component to get the label to be in the middle of the segment.

Christopher

http://blog.civil3dreminders.com/

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Fantastic - a bit confusing though, so for the sake of others, I've posted the label details here in the following images.

Essentially, the label requires a line object component to be oriented and stretched from the in-view tangent start of the in-view tangent end.  The line is made invisible, and the label position is referenced form the middle of the line.

The images attached explain the configuration.  Seems to me this should be made easier with a "Tangent In View Middle" position made available to labels.

Thanks Christopher

[klugb]

Did I over simplify it?

We just "CTRL" select and copy the tangent label. We set the dragged state by default to no leader and "As composed". We then just copy to the sections of tangent that show up on sheets without a label. Done.

They also stay dynamic so if you change you grade they update and follow the profile.

Bruce

[Anonymous]

Hi Bruce,

That would work too - I used to be a lot more accepting of work-arounds, but there's something about making it work as intended, as a style, that seems preferential in it's purity.  Even if it takes beating my head against the wall to figure it out.  Small victories. 

Andrew

[Civil3DReminders]

There looks like there is a problem when split profiles are encountered. The line is drawn across the split profile from start to end instead of along the tangent line.

http://content.screencast.com/users/jugglerbri/folders/Jing/media/ad033745-c3d8-4939-9153-e40b838bef...

[Anonymous]

Yes, yes there is a problem there.  **** - I thought I didn't have to respond to this because I wasn't using split profiles.  But of course, now I am.  

Sooooo -  Anyone have ideas on how to work around this?

[Civil3DReminders]

I've got another solution that almost works, just as long as you don't show "-" in the labels that have negative slope

[Anonymous]

Solution!....watch YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/MLouisUSA#p/a/u/0/hK5xyFHQml0