Creating an Elevation Label Tool
Use this procedure to create an elevation label tool and add it to a tool palette. You may want to create your own
elevation label tools if you are placing multiple elevation labels of a specific style and they all have the same properties.
Elevation labels consist of a multi-view block definition connected to a custom AEC command. Therefore, the process
of creating an elevation label tool differs from the process of creating a regular object tool, like a door tool.
To create an elevation label tool, you need a multi-view block definition with a custom command that is placed in
DesignCenter
™
. Predefined elevation labels are available in DesignCenter, so check to see if the desired elevation label
is already there.
If you find no elevation label meeting your needs, create one, as described in “
Creating User-Defined Elevation Labels
”
on page 1892, and place it into AutoCAD DesignCenter.
From AutoCAD DesignCenter, you create an elevation label tool.
1
Open the AutoCAD DesignCenter and navigate to the folder containing the elevation label from which
you want to create a tool.
2
Open the tool palette on which you want to add the elevation label tool.
3
Create the tool:
Then…
If you want to…
drag the desired elevation label from the AutoCAD Design-
Center to the tool palette.
create a tool from the AutoCAD DesignCenter
right-click the tool, and click Copy. Right-click, and click Paste.
copy a tool in the current tool palette
right-click the tool, and click Copy. Reopen the tool palette
where you want to add the tool, right-click, and click Paste.
copy a tool from another tool palette
open the catalog in the Content Browser, and locate the tool
you want to copy. Position the cursor over the i-drop handle,
and drag the tool to the tool palette.
copy a tool from a tool catalog
4
Right-click the new tool, and click Properties.
5
Enter a name for the tool.
6
Click the setting for Description, enter a description of the tool, and click OK twice.
Modifying Elevation Labels
You can change the attributes of an elevation label, such as the associated UCS or the scaling factor.
■
You can change elevation label settings on the Properties palette.
■
You can select editing commands from the shortcut menu for a selected elevation label.
Changing the Elevation of an Elevation Label
Use this procedure to change the value for the elevation of an elevation label.
The value of an elevation label is always calculated in relation to the coordinate system of the label.
1
Select the elevation label you want to change, right-click, and click Elevation Label Modify.
2
Enter the new elevation value.
3
Click OK.
Changing the Coordinate System of an Elevation Label
Use this procedure to change the coordinate system of an elevation label.
For more information on how elevation labels are dependent on coordinate systems, see “
Elevation Labels
” on page
1888.
1890 | Chapter 41 Elevation Labels
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Page 146: ...106 Chapter 3 Content Browser ...
Page 164: ...124 Chapter 4 Creating and Saving Drawings ...
Page 370: ...330 Chapter 6 Drawing Management ...
Page 440: ...400 Chapter 8 Drawing Compare ...
Page 528: ...488 Chapter 10 Display System ...
Page 540: ...500 Chapter 11 Style Manager ...
Page 612: ...572 Chapter 13 Content Creation Guidelines ...
Page 613: ...Conceptual Design 2 573 ...
Page 614: ...574 Chapter 14 Conceptual Design ...
Page 678: ...638 Chapter 16 ObjectViewer ...
Page 683: ...Designing with Architectural Objects 3 643 ...
Page 684: ...644 Chapter 18 Designing with Architectural Objects ...
Page 788: ...748 Chapter 18 Walls ...
Page 942: ...902 Chapter 19 Curtain Walls ...
Page 1042: ...1002 Chapter 21 AEC Polygons ...
Page 1052: ...Changing a door width 1012 Chapter 22 Doors ...
Page 1106: ...Changing a window width 1066 Chapter 23 Windows ...
Page 1172: ...1132 Chapter 24 Openings ...
Page 1226: ...Using grips to change the flight width of a spiral stair run 1186 Chapter 25 Stairs ...
Page 1368: ...Using the Angle grip to edit slab slope 1328 Chapter 28 Slabs and Roof Slabs ...
Page 1491: ...Design Utilities 4 1451 ...
Page 1492: ...1452 Chapter 30 Design Utilities ...
Page 1536: ...1496 Chapter 31 Layout Curves and Grids ...
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Page 1706: ...Stretching a surface opening Moving a surface opening 1666 Chapter 36 Spaces ...
Page 1710: ...Offsetting the edge of a window opening on a freeform space surface 1670 Chapter 36 Spaces ...
Page 1956: ...1916 Chapter 42 Fields ...
Page 2035: ...Properties of a detail callout The Properties of a Callout Tool 1995 ...
Page 2060: ...2020 Chapter 45 Callouts ...
Page 2170: ...2130 Chapter 47 AEC Content and DesignCenter ...
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