Parcel labels

Last updated: 2021-06-28

Total video time: 5:10

Parcel segment labels

prcl-lbl-01.mp4 5:10

Exercise data: prcl-lbl-data-begin-c3d20.zip

Open prcl-lbl-C3D18.dwg.

Parcels segment labels are created with parcel or manually after parcel creation

Add parcel segment labels manually per segment

Select parcel area label onscreen.
Parcel contextual ribbon tab > Labels and tables panel > Add Labels drop-down > Single Segment command
1. Cursor becomes pick-box. Select anywhere along parcel segment.
2. Observe that segment label appears.
3. Add more labels by picking same segment in different location, or by picking additional parcel segments.
4. Enter to end command.
  
  Tip:
  Notice a default label style is applied automatically without any prompt allowing you to choose a label style on-the-fly.
  
  To change the style of of a segment label (or all segment labels at once), select the labels you'd like to change and choose Label Styles from the contextual tab of the ribbon. This brings up the AutoCAD Properties dialog box where both the Line Label Style and the Curve Label Style can be changed to the desired parcel line and/or curve label style, or general line and/or curve label style.
  
  Notice the label appears wherever you selected along the segment line, not necessarily at the midpoint of the line.

Add multiple parcel segment labels manually, all at once

Select parcel area label onscreen.
Parcel contextual ribbon tab > Labels and tables panel > Add Labels drop-down > Multiple Segment command
1. Cursor becomes pick-box. Select parcel area label for parcel whose segments you'd like to label and choose clockwise, or counterclockwise, to choose direction you'd like labels to measure.
2. Observe that default style segment label appears at midpoint of every segment.
3. Enter to end command.
  
  Tip:
  Notice a default label style is applied automatically without any prompt allowing you to choose a label style on-the-fly.
  
  To change the style of a segment label (or all segment labels at once), select the labels you'd like to change and choose Label Styles from the contextual tab of the ribbon. This brings up the AutoCAD Properties dialog box where both the Line Label Style and the Curve Label Style can be changed to the desired parcel line and/or curve label style, or general line and/or curve label style.

Add parcel segment labels manually through the Add Labels dialog box

Annotate tab > Labels and Tables panel > Label icon (or Parcel > Add Labels drop-down > hover over Parcels heading > choose Add Parcel Labels from resulting fly-out menu
1. In resulting floating Add Labels dialog box:
  1. From Feature Type drop-down, select Parcel as feature type to label.
  2. From Label type drop-down, choose Single Segment, Multiple Segment.
    1. Select Replace Multiple Segment commands if you already placed labels and want to replace them.
    2. Ignore Area label types because we are experimenting with segment labels in this exercise.
  3. Choose Line label style you'd like to apply.
  4. Choose Curve label style you'd like to apply.
  5. Add.
    1. Select parcel area label (centroid label) for parcel whose segments you'd like to label and choose clockwise, or counterclockwise, to choose direction you'd like bearings to read along the segments.
    2. Direction chosen also controls order of number for segment if label becomes tag for use in segment table.
  6. Enter to end command.
  7. Close in Add Labels dialog box when done creating new labels.
    Tip:
    The benefit to using this dialog box is that you can change the Line label style and the Curve label style as you apply your labels as opposed to doing so from the AutoCAD Properties dialog box after creating labels as we saw before.
    Choosing Replace Multiple Segment from the Label Type drop-down of the Add Labels dialog box allows users to replace already created segment labels with new labels without having to delete the old labels first and then create new labels from scratch afterward.

Edit parcel segment labels with grips

Select a segment label and observe that two grips appear, a diamond shaped grip and a square grip.
Left-click on diamond shaped label grip to slide label to new location along parcel segment line.
Left-click on square label grip to move segment label into dragged state complete with leader pointing at object being labeled.
With label selected in dragged state, reset label to original location by selecting label onscreen and choosing Reset Label command in contextual tab of ribbon, or by selecting label onscreen, right-clicking and choosing Reset Label from right-click menu.
Whether label is in dragged state or not, Flip Label is also command option in contextual tab of ribbon, or right-click menu, when label is selected and displaying grips. This command changes order of label components onscreen to opposite configuration. For instance, if line length component is usually above line being labeled and bearing component is below, length component will now be below line and bearing component will appear above it.
Whether label is in dragged state or not, Reverse Label is also command option in contextual tab of ribbon, or right-click menu, when label is selected and displaying grips. If order labels were placed around parcel was originally clockwise from point of beginning, or first parcel segment, Reverse Label command will reconfigure segment labels to appear counterclockwise around parcel from point of beginning or first parcel segment.

Tip: If you'd like to choose your line and/or curve style for your parcel segment labels at the same time you are creating the labels, as opposed to editing the labels later to choose a style other than the default label style, go to the Annotate tab of the ribbon, the Labels & Tables panel, the Add Labels drop-down, and choose the top parcel label heading, Add Parcel Labels. This launches a dialog box allowing you to specify the style of the labels as you are creating them.