Inserting point coordinates label

1 After starting the Point Coordinates Label command, the program prompts you to select an entity.
Specify each point by clicking on the position where you want to place it or by using Snap (admitted type of curve/arc snaps are: End Point, Mid Point, Arc Center, Point on Curve, Intersection Point, Joint and Surface Vertex).



Remember you can always change the selected points, by right-clicking on Points, selecting Reset in the context menu and performing the selection again.

In case the referenced entity is itself a point entity, the selection can be multiple (using window selection). This way the command can act on point clouds. Moreover, already placed point coordinates labels can also be selected; this capability enables you to edit labels and, in case a points cloud is selected by window, it prevents from creating another label on already flagged points.

2 (Only in 3D environment) Depending on the option currently selected in the Place Text On drop-down list, different planes will be used to display the labels.
  • If the selected option is Current work plane, a text placement plane parallel to the current work plane will be displayed. The values are always calculated with respect to the global work plane and are irrespective of the current work plane position.



  • If the selected option is Current view plane, a text placement plane parallel to the current view plane will be displayed.



3 In the Text Frame drop-down list, select:
Inherit current property The text is fitted inside the frame as defined by the Dimension - Text - Font & Frame settings inside the Entity Properties dialog box.
Rectangle The text is fitted in a rectangular frame.
4 In the Decimal Digits box, type the number of decimal digits you want the displayed label to be composed of.
5 In the Total Digits drop-down list, type the total number of digits you want the displayed label to be composed of.
For example, if you set Decimal Digits = 4; Total Digits = 10. The label is displayed as shown in the below illustration:



6 Under the More Options you can find the settings to define the display used to place the coordinate label:
  • In order to choose the display of coordinate label, you can:
    • In the X coordinate prefix box, type the a.
    • In the Y coordinate prefix box, type the b.
    • In the Z coordinate prefix box, type the c.

  • In order to choose the movement of the label text along the defined direction of a distance calculated by multiplying the provided value by the text size, you can:
    • In the Move text along X box, type the 2.5.
      In this case the text is moved by a distance of [text size * (2.5)] along X direction.
    • In the Move text along Y box, type the 5.
      In this case the text is moved by a distance of [text size * (5)] along y direction.

  • Select the AutoArrange check box to arrange the labels without any overlap.
7 Click or to confirm your selections and actually create the coordinate labels.



Click to discard your changes.