Create alignment labels and tables

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We're now going to add some alignment labels to the alignment,

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right, click on the alignment and choose edit alignment labels

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looking at the labeled type.

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You can see we can label various aspects of our alignment

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stations, geometry points, design speeds, profile points and super elevation.

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Adding these labels to our alignment provides information about

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the alignment geometry and properties in our drawing,

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set the type to major stations and set the label style to perpendicular with line.

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You can preview the star before adding them.

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This will label the major stations with their station value.

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We want these to be displayed at every 500 ft.

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Now, at the miner station labels as ticks,

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we'll display these at every 100 ft.

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We also want to label the alignment geometry points.

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These labels will mark the changes in the alignment geometry with their stations.

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When you add them, you can control the points, you need to be labeled,

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turn off alignment, beginning

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and end

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and the curve mid point.

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Now we'll add labels for the changes in design speed.

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There's only one available style for this label station over speed.

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This will label their positions along the alignment

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showing the design speed and the alignment station,

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the station index increment controls the position of the plus separator

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in the station format.

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In our case, it's at the 100 position.

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This just makes the station values more readable.

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Now that we've decided on our labeling,

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we'll want to apply these same labels to other alignments.

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We can do this by saving the labels as a label set,

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rename the label set to design labels and save it.

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We'll label the other alignments in our model by applying our new label set to them,

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edit the alignment labels and import the label set

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and click. OK. To apply,

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you can see how having these styles predefined in

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a template could save time when creating your models.

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We're now going to add a different type of alignment label.

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These labels are more general labels which

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can reference information from an alignment,

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select the alignment and

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from the contextual ribbon,

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choose add labels, then add alignment labels,

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first set the label type to station, offset, fix point,

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then change the style to station and offset.

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This will label a fixed position with the station and an offset of the alignment.

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The marker style will set the style of the marker for the point being labeled.

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Click add, select the alignment to use as a reference,

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then pick the point to be labeled.

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You can see the station and offset is labeled based on the reference alignment.

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Now change the label type to station offset and set the style to station and offset.

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This will also label a station and offset from the alignment

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but the label will remember its values and will move when the alignment changes.

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When adding this label, you select the station and offset separately.

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When I move the alignment,

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the station positions change as the curve is being stretched,

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the fixed point label stay in position

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but their values change.

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Whereas the station offset label

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moves to stay at its assigned station and offset.

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Now we will label the segments of the alignment,

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choose the label type, multiple segments

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using this, we can label all the lines, curves and spirals on the alignment in one go.

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The table tag numbering will be used later to create a table of the alignment.

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Segments

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add these labels to the alignment.

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You can see that it is labeled each segment

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with information relating to the type of segment.

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These labels are linked to the alignment

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and can be adjusted by using the grips

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to create an alignment table in the drawing, select the alignment.

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And from the ribbon, choose add tables,

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we can add tables for each segment type

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or we can add all the segments in one table.

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Choose at segments.

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When we add the table, we can choose an entire alignment

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or we can pick the segment labels that we want to add to the table.

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We must have created segment labels on the alignment first

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before we can create a table.

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Civil 3D will convert the labels to tags

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and add the segment information to the table.

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There are settings to control how many rows are placed at the table

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and how multiple tables are laid out. If the number of rows exceeds the maximum,

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the default behavior for the table is dynamic which

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means it will update if the alignment is edited.

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Click. OK. And select a location in the drawing for the table.

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We can see here how the labels we have added have

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been converted to numbered tags which are referenced in the table.