SitePlan: Label Add

Label Add ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

Adds text to a drawing. Type the text on the Label Edit window, then locate the point where you want the text placed.
In a crane placement drawing , you can add objects to non comment layers as well as comment layers. In a non crane placement drawing, you can add objects only to comment layers .
You can left-click ( Locate ) to place duplicates of the label at other locations, or right-click ( Return ) when you are done adding labels.
The default " Pen Color , " " Character height ," " Character width/height " for Label Add comes from the last-added or last-edited label.
See the step-by-step instructions .

Also see :

Example of labels (shows what labels are)
Label Edit window (opened with Label Add )
Special labels
Detailing label pen color (sets label stroke weight for the ' SDS2 ' font )
Comment layer (on most drawings, objects are automatically added to this type of layer)
Crane placement drawings (drawing type on which you can add objects to non-comment layers)

Step-by-step instructions :

The following instructions assume that you are using a 3-button mouse.

1 . Invoke Label Add using any one (1)of the following methods:

Method 1 : Click the Label Add icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Objects -- Labels ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 2 : If " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Objects > Labels > Add .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Label Add can also be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the ' Lightning ' layout style, configuration of the interface is done using Customize Interface .

Method 6 : With Label Mode mouse bindings active, middle-click ( Add ).

2 . The Edit Label window opens.

Alternative 1 : Type in the letters you want to the field " Label text ," (unless they have already been entered). Note that you can use the Enter key while typing to create a paragraph break. If necessary, change the justification, character height, width, pen color, drawing layer and rotation of the label text. Press the " OK " button at the bottom of the window. Go to step 3.

Alternative 2 : Press " Cancel " to go back to step 1.

3 . Locate- Pan -Return mouse bindings become active along with various Locate options.

bindings

Alternative 1 : Select the Locate icon that you want (if it's not pressed already). Place the mouse pointer ( ) so that the point location target ( ) snaps to where you want the label's reference point, then left-click ( Locate ). Go to step 4.

Alternative 2 : Right-click ( Return ) if you do not want to add the label. Do not continue.

4 . Locate- Pan -Return mouse bindings continue to be active.

bindings

Alternative 1 : Left-click ( Locate ) to place duplicates of the label at other locations.

Alternative 2 : Right-click ( Return ) when you are done adding labels. Go to step 5.

5 . The mouse bindings that were active when you invoked Label Add again become active.

Note: Any labels added using this procedure can be instantly removed (one at a time, in reverse-order of their addition) by using Undo .