Lisa,
Here is a brief explanation of the way settings work in Autodesk Civil 3D.
When you run the various commands there are "Command Settings" which will
let you set the various default parameters (such as styles) for each of the
commands. These are listed under the Commands node of each of the features
in the settings manager. There are also settings which control the display
of attributes in the UI. For example, let say you want to have the 2D
Surface Area for a surface shown in the UI as Acres, but you want the Parcel
Area in Prospector to be Sq. Ft. This is controlled via the ambient
settings. Select the drawing, rt. click -> edit drawing Settings and
select the Ambient Setting tab. You will find various categories for
various data types. The settings on this dialog will impact the entire
drawing. In order to achieve the Unit display in the previous example, you
would go the Feature node in the settings and edit the Surfaces and Parcels
feature settings accordingly.
Now getting to your question. The settings discussed above only apply to
values which appear in the UI. The Labels settings are controlled in the
label style. Therefore, In order to change the precision of the Station
labeling, you need to edit the label style (Major Station). Select the
Layout tab and edit the Contents of the label. In the Text Component Editor
you will see all the setting which apply to that label. This is where you
can change the precision of the label.
You can also add a Tick on the Layout Tab of the Label Style Composer. This
is done by adding a Tick Component to the label. In the templates we ship,
there are 2 styles you may want to look at: Perpendicular with Line and
Perpendicular with Tick.
Hope that helps,
Daniel Philbrick
Autodesk, Inc.
"lbachman" wrote in message
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> James,
>
> It seemed to work better. I don't understand why the settings aren't
working like you think they would. Of course I crashed shortly after trying
it and will now have to do it again.
>
> I loved the way the corridor worked for a simple road but I will probably
just export back to LDT to make the finished drawings. Labels just aren't
working the way I would like. I also can't find how to get rid of the 2
decimal places on the stationing. I've made changes to the settings but it
doesn't change the existing labels. I would also like a perpendicular tick
but haven't found that either.
>
> Sorry for the complaining.
>
> Thanks a bunch for your help. Hopefully they will keep improving on what
they have started.
>
> Lisa