Profile Label Difficulties

[Phil Ferguson]

Civil 3D 2007 - SP3

I have two profile views for the same profile...one stationing to the left, the other stationing to the right. FYI...the only difference between the two profile views is the specification in the profile view style for the "Graph View Direction". Everything else is the same.

Here's the problem I'm having...

Profile labels in the profile/profile view stationed left-to-right are behaving properly. In the profile/profile view stationed from right-to-left, the labels are "flipped". Meaning, the vertical tangent labels (grade) are below the profile when they should be above...this I can easily fix by "flipping" the label...but here's the maddening part...the PVI Sta and Elev component of the vertical curve labels is being displayed below the dimension line when it should be above...the rest of the components display as they should. Flipping the vertical curve labels actually puts the PVI Sta and Elev component where it should be (above the dimension line) and the dimension line stays where it's supposed to be...the rest of the components drop below the profile though.

Am I missing something?

I would like to think that I don't have to re-order the lines of text and reassign the anchors for this component. This is probably going to be my next attempt at fixing the problem.

[Phil Ferguson]

Thanks to MMccall in the Autodesk Discussion Groups for offering a solution for this problem. Following is the work-around that was offered...

"I have a better solution for the vertical curve problem. Add a line to the style that goes from the PVI to the Midpoint of the dimension line. Anchor the text to the end of this line with a 90 rotation. Going left or right this line will always be vertical and unaffected by the reversed profile. Set it's visibility to false to hide it from view."

I actually found that the text anchored to the end of this line needed to have a rotation of 270 to appear above the dimension line.

"Fix for the slope labels.

Set the text component to Middle Center and remove any vertical offset. Edit the text contents to add a line shift and a non-breaking space on the second line. (to hold the line shift) This will center a two line text component over the line. The plan readable setting with take care of making it right side up."

Initially (without really thinking about it) I thought that this would result in having two sets of vertical curve labels...one for profiles stationed left-to-right and another for right-to-left. This is not the case, as pointed out by MMccall...

"But wait, the curve label and slope label styles I suggested were not just for a reversed profile view. They will work for a profile view going in either direction. They're bi-directional. They'll look the same going either way. You just need to modify the label styles you're using now to incorporate these little additions and changes to anchored objects and what not."

This all worked like a charm for me. I hope it helps someone else in the future.

[xstat21x]

Thanks for this info. The has been bugging me for a while now. I'll give it a try.