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Cannot change number of decimal places in elevation label

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Message 1 of 12
fjperez
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Cannot change number of decimal places in elevation label

The defaul label style for the Elevation of points is set to 3 decimal places. We are trying to change the elevation display to 2 decimal places. We have tried the directions in the following discussion: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-Civil-3D/How-to-change-the-number-of-decimal-places-of-the-ele...

 

Which is:

 

Toolspace

->Settings

-->Drawing name

--->Edit Drawing Settings

---->Ambient Settings

----->Elevation

------>Precision -> We modify from 3 to 2 decimal places.

 

It does not modify the display settings.

 

Also:

 

Toolspace

->Settings

-->Drawing

--->Point

---->Label Styles

----->(right-click) Edit label styles

------>Layout

------->Text

-------->Contents

--------->click on the "..." (three points) button

(Open "Text Component Editor - Contents"

--------->Select Point Elevation in the driop down list.

---------->Precision: Set to 0.01

------------>Ok, Apply, etc...

 

This does not seem to work either.

 

Any suggestions appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

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Message 2 of 12
907Trekker
in reply to: fjperez

The second method is the one that will work.  You are probably forgetting to press the arrow button that applies the changes.  After you modify the precision you have to press the arrow that "applies" that change to the text field.  See attached image.

Message 3 of 12
rl_jackson
in reply to: fjperez

When you make the change in the point style did you hit the arrow in the upper as shown. If you did not it does not push the setting to the style.Precision.png


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Message 4 of 12
fjperez
in reply to: fjperez

This worked perfectly. Thanks!

Message 5 of 12
tomhoban
in reply to: fjperez

Hi

 

Following the instructions above I find the precision is set to 3dp which is what I want. The drawing is still displaying to 2 dp. Is there another place I need to change this?

 

Thanks

Message 6 of 12
tcorey
in reply to: tomhoban

When you say, "the drawing is still displaying to 2 dp," do you mean your existing label style does not update when you change the precision in the label style editor? If you're setting it and remembering to press the arrow to move your settings to the preview window, as in the two solutions above, and then pressing OK all the way back out, maybe doing a Regen, and it's still not working....

 

Are you sure you're editing the correct label style?

 

BTW, the problem with forgetting to press the arrow to move the new precision settings over still gets me. I've been using Civil 3D since the first preview version, 2004, and I still forget to press that stupid button. I doesn't take as long to figure out what you did wrong after you've done it twenty times, but my forehead sure is getting flat from slapping it and saying, "Doh," all the time.

 

Tim

 



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Message 7 of 12
tomhoban
in reply to: tcorey

Thanks for the reply Tim. The thing that threw me was when I got to the text component editor (TCE) and seleted point elevation from the properties the precision was showing as .001 which was what I wanted so no need to change. However the displayed labels were to 2 dp (.01)

 

It wasn't until I selected the text in the black window of the TCE that I noticed the precision changed by itself to .01 so I guess some kind of refresh issue?

 

I also noticed that when resetting the precision and pressing th arrow it is impotant to ensure the old code in the black window is over written or deleted or a fairly mixed up label will occur.

 

So now my point elevations are displaying correctly. I had hoped that this would solve the main problem which is getting my point table to display to 3dp; it hasn't. Any ideas? I can not see anythingin Table Style editor.

 

Tom

Message 8 of 12
907Trekker
in reply to: tomhoban

Tried to reply once but didn't seem to work.



The easy way is probably for you to just click on your point table that you already created, then on the ribbon you should see "table properties", click on edit table style. Then click on all of that text below the "elevation" column. Then that same edit style window will appear and you can change the number of decimal places.

Don't forget to press the arrow.

Mark
Message 9 of 12
tomhoban
in reply to: tomhoban

ok figured it out: double click the structure in data properties of the table style editor and as above.

Message 10 of 12
Pointdump
in reply to: tomhoban

Tom,

 

Here's a couple more places to look. Ambient Settings Tab in Drawing Settings:

 

Table2.png

 

Settings >> Point >> Commands >> AddPointTable >> Edit Command Settings:

 

Table1.png

 

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Message 11 of 12
tomhoban
in reply to: Pointdump

Thank You Dave.

 

Tom

Message 12 of 12
907Trekker
in reply to: tomhoban

Yes,

You have to control the number of decimal places in the table style. The
easy way for you to do this would be to click on your table and then in the
ribbon click the drop down below "table properties" and select edit table
style.

[image: Inline image 2]


Now click on the text below "elevation", it is in the "column value" row.

[image: Inline image 3]

And now this window you are already familiar with should pop up and you
can edit the decimal places displayed.

[image: Inline image 4]


Don't forget to press the arrow!

Mark

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