Placing labels

Several tools...

Straight Stair

Half-Turn

Quarter-Turn Stair

Double Quarter-Turn

Triple Quarter-Turn

Spiral

U-Type

Single Quarter Landing

Double Quarter Landing

Free-Form

Stair Wizard

After you have finished designing the stair, you can label it.

To label a stair

1. Click Toggle to change the text parameters.
2. On the Label Context toolbar, the system will present a series of fields for you to choose from - these define the contents of the stair’s label.
   

   Number of rises	Click in the data entry box to add (**) the number of rises to the stair’s label or to hide it (-).
   Unit	This is where you define the unit for Rise and Tread.
   Rise	Use this to define the number of decimal places for the Rise value (1 to 3). Click to hide this value.
   Tread	Use this to define the number of decimal places for the Tread value (1 to 3). Click to hide this value.
   Arrange	Use this to define the sequence in which Rise and Tread are displayed in the label: Ris/Trd or Trd/Ris.

   Do the following:

   • Click Toggle to change the text parameters.
   • When the Object Manager module is installed:
     Click Object label to label objects in the same way as in the Object Manager module.
     

     When you have installed the Object Manager module, you can label architectural elements in the same way as objects.

     You can add attributes to labels as follows:

     • Check the boxes in front of the attributes you want to include in the label.

     You can use the arrows near the bottom of the dialog box to alter the sequence in which the attributes are displayed in the label:

     • Moves the selected attribute to the top
     • Moves the selected attribute to the bottom
     • Moves the selected attribute up a line
     • Moves the selected attribute down a line
   • Click Label Style if you want to use a label style for the label.
3. Click in the workspace to position the text; use the tools in the input options.
   

   In the input options click

   • Horiz
     to place the label so that it is horizontal.
   • Vertic
     to place the label so that it is vertical.
   • Angle
     to place the label at an angle.
   • Auto (not with Component Number)
     to place the label so that it automatically reflects the geometry of the selected component (important for window labels with label styles).
   • Resize (not with Component Number)
     to change the size of the label. Enter a factor in the dialog line.
   • Skip (not with Component Number)
     lets you skip the current element.
   • Go (not with Elevation Point)
     to automatically assign labels to all the selected elements. The start point for the text is positioned in the element’s centroid or, in the case of stairs, at the bottom.

Note: If you do not want to place a label, press ESC to quit.