![]() Select the pipes in the profile view, noting that the new pipe labels are located a the bottom of the profile graph view. Change the Feature to ‘Pipe Network’, and the ‘Label Type’ to ‘Single Part Profile’.Ĭhange the ‘Pipe Label Style’ to our new ‘_ANZ Depth To Invert’, then click ‘Add’ Click OK to exit.įrom the ‘Annotate’ tab on the ribbon, select Add Labels. ![]() Repeat the steps from the Start Pipe, but using the ‘End’ expressions in the Text Contents and X Offset (see image below). Add a new Text Component in the Layout tab, and call this one ‘Pipe End’ That’s the start of the pipe done, now we simply repeat the process for the end point. In the X Offset, Click the Value box, and from the pull-down menu, select ‘Depth To Invert – Start X Offset’. Delete the existing text (if there is any).įrom the properties pull-down, select our new expression ‘Depth To Invert – Start’, and click the ‘right’ arrow to insert the text into the editor (this is the step most people forget).Ĭlick OK to exit the Text Component EditorĬhange the text rotation angle to 90 degrees and the attachment point to Middle Left. In the Text Contents, select the ellipses to enter the ‘Text Component Editor – Contents’ dialog. In the ‘Layout’ tab, Remove any existing components with the red ‘X’ button.Īdd a new ‘Text’ component and rename this ‘Pipe Start’Ĭhange ‘Anchor Point’ to ‘Pipe Dimension’ In the ‘General’ tab, Change the Orientation Reference to ‘World Coordinate System’ – this ensures the text will align with the WCS, not the selected object. Right-click and create a new label called ‘_ANZ Depth To Invert’ (from the Information tab) With our expressions in place, we can now move onto creating the new pipe label using all of the previously defined expressionsĮxpand the ‘Pipe’ category –> Label Styles –> Plan Profile Right-click and create a new expression called ‘Depth To Invert – Start’, and add the following formula (Select the calculator icon to add the pipe parameters): In the Settings tab in the toolspace, right-click on the ‘Pipe Network’ section and select ‘Edit Feature Settings’Įxpand the ‘Default Profile Label Placement’ and change the ‘Dimension Anchor Option for Pipes’ value from Fixed to ‘Graph View Bottom’ (if it’s not already done)Įxpand the ‘Pipe’ category –> Label Styles –> Plan Profile –> Expressions ![]() The first thing we need to do is to change some of the default settings. to the top of pipe), but no option currently exists to annotate the invert depth to the pipe.Īs Civil 3D data bands cannot currently utilise expressions, we can overcome this by using expressions with pipe labels. ![]() A common standard in Australia when it comes to annotating pipe longsections is to add a band showing the depth from the surface to the invert of the pipe.Ĭivil 3D has the ability to annotate a pipes cover, pipe thickness and diameter into a data band (i.e. ![]()
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