Creating A Cut Fill Surface Label Style 122908

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Product: Civil 3D 2009

Topic: Creating a cut-fill surface label style

Written by: Rob Wiederman, Civil Engineer

Date: December 29, 2008

Cut and Fill surface labels:

Once a cut and fill surface has been created, you can create a single label style to view both the cut and fill

labels.

Once, the settings tab, is selected you must expand surfaces> Select the layout tab, and change the name to

label Styles>Spot Elevation. Right click on spot elevation cut, and change the color to red.

and create a new style called Cut-Fill labels.

Under contents, select to open the text component editor. Make

sure that the sign is set to “sign negative”.

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Copy the cut component, rename it to fill, Again, under contents, open the text component editor, and

and change the color to green. ensure the sign is set to “hide negative value”.

A new cut and fill surface label style has been created. To apply this style to a volume

surface, select the surface menu, add surface labels, add surface labels.

In the add labels dialogue, the feature will be set to surface, the label type should be

spot elevation on grid, and set the label style to the cut-fill style previously created with the marker optional.

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Finally, after picking the add button, select the appropriate surface, set the suitable grid spacing, and your labels

appear. The cut labels are shown in red with a negative symbol, and the fill labels are shown in green and have

no symbol.