TPC Desktop 2017 Line Label Formatting

Agenda Why the Change? Line Label Formatting Basics Above / Below / Inside / Outside Formatting Labels for Specific Functions Label Offsets Word Spacing Auto vs. Stacked vs. Aligned / Orientation Saving and Recalling Settings Examples Questions and Answers Resources

Why the Change? The Way it Used to Be Above / Below / Inside / Outside Single / Split Manually Edit Labels for Record Data or Other Information Manually Edited Labels Do Not Update with Data Changes The Way it is Now On / Off Checkboxes Auto / Aligned / Stacked Unlimited Labelling Options Record Data Prefixes / Suffixes No Manual Editing Needed Labels Update with Data Changes More Flexibility and Automation

Line Label Formatting Basics Turn Distance / Direction / Grade On or Off Set Style to Auto / Stacked / Aligned Choose Format Label for Specific Label Settings Save Settings / Recall Settings for Ongoing Use Formatting Line Labels – Sneak Peek (4:14) Formatting Labels Help Topic Style - Auto, Stacked or Aligned (9:12) Label Style Help Topic

Above / Below / Inside / Outside / Line Break Use | to Specify Above and Below (Above | Below) Use ^ to Specify Outside and Inside (Outside ^ Inside) Use \ for Line Breaks Use ~ for Word Spacing Make sure that Use Drawing Formats is turned Off Inside vs. Outside Labels (2:29)

Formatting Labels for Specific Functions Using the Single Quote ( ‘ ) Adding Text to a Label Adding Prefixes and Suffixes Formatting Line Labels for Record Data – Part 1 (8:23) Formatting Line Labels for Record Data – Part 2 (8:48)

Label Offsets Drawing Settings Provides Default Offsets Add Additional Label Offset Distance in Label Format Formatting Line Labels for Record Data – Part 1 (8:23) Formatting Line Labels for Record Data – Part 2 (8:48)

Word Spacing Drawing Settings Provides Default Word Spacing Add Additional Word Spacing in Label Format

Auto vs. Stacked vs. Aligned / Orientation Allow TPC to Set How Labels Are Drawn Hard-wire All Labels the Same Set Orientation for Stacked Labels in Label Format Perpendicular Parallel Horizontal Vertical Auto, Stacked or Aligned (9:12) Stacked Label Orientation (6:20)

Saving and Recalling Settings Set Everything Up the Way You Want One Time Save the Settings with an Appropriate Name Recall the Settings Many Times Update the Settings Any Time

Examples Property Lines Property Lines Aligned Inside/Outside Property Lines Auto Above Calc. Property Lines Inside/Outside Field Measured Property Lines Inside/Outside Perpendicular Property Lines Stacked Parallel Record [ ] Record [[ ]]

Questions and Answers How do you add a label annotation to the Legend? – Right-click in the legend and Append Text Item to Legend How do you reverse direction labels? – Traverse Drawing Settings or Modify Objects | Reverse Label for individual labels What happens when a user modifies a line label? – TPC sets a flag saying that the user has modified that particular object so that TPC won’t change it later (see video) How did you add area labels to the lot traverses? – Traverse Drawing Settings, Lot Labels tab How do you access Traverse Drawing Settings? – Right-click anything being drawn by the traverse and choose Traverse Drawing Settings or Double-click anything being drawn by the traverse How do you turn leaders on and off? – Traverse Drawing Settings, Reset Modified Attributes, Modify Objects | Leader On/Off Can you change line and curve table numbers to start at something other than 1? – No, we will add it to our suggestion list Can you add the apostrophe to the line labels for distance? – Use Drawing Settings How do you create curved text? – Label a curve or a drawn arc and then edit the label (see video) Can we label contour lines at the end of the line rather than in the middle of the line? – No, we will add it to our suggestion list When will TPC Desktop 2018 be released? – Early January, 2018

Resources TPC Learning Center – Over 300 videos TPC Desktop Learning Guides – Accessible via the Tasks Manager What’s New in the TPC Learning Center Version History on the TPC Support Page Technical Support Options – Are available on the Support page at traverse-pc.com A recording of this seminar will be available for download