Survey Point Color/Size

[Anonymous]

I know survey points are annotative but i would like my point number, name, etc., to always be the same size no matter what scale I'm in (I want my survey point info to be smaller than my text). It makes the drawing busy when the point info and the text that I have written are the same size. 

Also, is there a way to change the default color of the point symbols, name, ect.,? It always imports in red and to me white is easier to see, especially when you have multiple points in a tight area. 

[lu_an_jie]

You need to tweak your point style and point label settings to get a less busier drawing. You can set there colour and size of the point marker and info text, you even could set an absolute size to the point marker, but AFIK there is no way for the text. You better adjust the scale of the model space.

1. Look the default point style in default label style when you are creating points. 
   
   
   
   
2. Go to the Toolspace > Settings > Points and look for the point style and label style
   
   
   
3. Change the point size and colour
   
   
   
4. Change the label components colour one by one
   
   
   
5. Change the scale used in model space to bigger scale (for me in model space 1:200 works well)  to make the text appear smaller
   

PS: You may get your answer faster in the general Civil 3D forum for questions regarding settings. This forum is more on coding for Civil 3D

Regards

Andreas 

[tyronebk]

To force the text size to remain absolute you can use an expression that uses {Drawing Scale Conversion}. For example, I've used this to force the text height to always remain 2.0mm and not scale (just like non-annotative text will behave):

2.0/{Drawing Scale Conversion}

Resulting in:

You might notice that the text size has not scaled in the 1:2500 scale, but that distance between the text did. If you want the text position to remain constant you will have to use expressions to also control the offsets. Unfortunately I don't believe you can use an expression to control the value "Border > Gap") .

If you aren't familiar with expressions, you can find a tutorial it in the Civil 3D help.

[lu_an_jie]

Your solution is correct, but in my humble opinion an overkill for the problem that the user had in first place (screen to busy). Using a larger scale on screen than in layout solves the problem straight forward and keeps the drawing readable in layout without maintaining and switching between two labels. 

[tyronebk]

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@@lu_an_jie wrote:

you even could set an absolute size to the point marker, but AFIK there is no way for the text.

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I was actually just providing the workaround for your comment about there being no way to have absolute text sizes in labels.