Long Section Titles

Option

Description

X-Origin and Y-Origin

Enter the position at which the text is to be placed, relative to the long section origin. There are some predefined variables that can be entered here. Right-click the cell to select a variable from a popup menu. An explanation of the available variables is shown above.

Height

Enter the height of the text in mm.

Rotate

Enter the angle at which the text should be written in degrees.

Pen

Select the pen in which to plot the text. Right-click the cell to display the pen selection.

Alignment

Enter the alignment for the text item. Enter the alignment of the text. Double-click the cell for a list of alignment options.

Text

Enter the text to be plotted. There are some predefined variables that can be entered here. Right-click the cell to select a variable from a popup menu. An explanation of the available variables is shown below:

Text Style

Select the text style in which the text should be drawn.

Variable

Explanation

1 : {HSCALE}

The horizontal scale of the longsection.

1 : {VSCALE}

The vertical scale of the longsection.

{START.x}

The start chainage of the longsection.

{END.x}

The end chainage of the longsection.

{STARTMH}

The first manhole of the longsection (for pipe plotting only).

{ENDMH}

The final manhole of the longsection (for pipe plotting only).

{ROAD_NAME}

The road name (for road longsections only).

{BRANCH_NUMBER}

The branch number of the current linkset.