Editing modifiers in Text Component Editor

[Anonymous]

Hi guys,

HNY2021!

I am finding it difficult to edit the modifiers in the text component editor, specifically for "General Segment Direction" as I want to omit the direction initials. For example, when I label a line, I would like to see the line labelled as 80°12'15" and NOT N80°12'15"E.

Hope to get some positive feedback on this thanks!

Regs, david

[Jeff_M]

I've never heard of such a request or need. The only way I canthink of would be to label as Azimuths instead of bearings.

[MMcCall402]

Hmmm ... make a block of a small wipeout, add it to the label style twice, anchored to each end of the bearing text component, and then add offsets to make them overlap the unwanted N,S,E,W.

Edit:

Better idea:  Add two text components. The content of the text is just a space. Add a mask to each then anchor them of each end of the bearing with appropriate justifications to the text and the anchoring to make them overlap as needed.

[AllenJessup]

As @Jeff_M said. In the NE quadrant you could use Azimuths since 80°12'15" is equivalent to N80°12'15"E. However that doesn't work in any other quadrant. 80°12'15" is not equivalent to  S80°12'15"W. The Azimuth in the SW quadrant would be 260°12'15".

I don't see any way of doing what you wanted other that the suggestion by @MMcCall402 .

[Jeff_M]

My turn for a "better idea" 🙂

Use an expression to format the Azimuth as a direction:

{General Segment Direction},IF({General Segment Direction}>=pi & {General Segment Direction}<=pi*1.5, {General Segment Direction}-pi,IF({General Segment Direction}>=pi*1.5 & {General Segment Direction}<=2*pi, 2*pi-{General Segment Direction},{General Segment Direction})))

I named mine "Directionless Direction", set the Format result as Azimuth, then created a style using all 3 types to verify the output (Azimuth, Directionless Direction, Bearing) and this is the result:

 

[MMcCall402]

I bow to the master.  Elegant solution.