AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2012 Essentials: Autodesk® Official Training Guide: Essential

Creating Section View Labels

So far in this chapter, you have seen how to create many different types of annotations. There are label sets that are applied to sections, labels applied to corridor sections through code set styles, labels applied to the section views and bands, and even labels attached to objects that have been projected to the section views. One limitation of these labels is that they're all connected to something and therefore get their information and location from another object. What if you need to create a basic, all-purpose label that can be used to convey offset and elevation on a section view? To do this, you use a section view label.

Section view labels are attached to the section view itself. They can be placed anywhere ...