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The inTerface

Notice that in this dialog, the box is checked in the Override column. This indicates that

you’re overriding the settings mentioned earlier, and it’s a good alert that things have changed

from the general Drawing Settings to this Object Level setting.

But what if you don’t want to allow those changes? Each Settings dialog includes one more

column: Lock. At any level, you can lock a setting, graying it out for lower levels. This can

be handy for keeping users from changing settings at the lower level that perhaps should be

changed at a drawing level, such as sign or rounding methods.

Object Settings

If you click the Expand button next to the drawing name, you see the full array of objects that

Civil 3D uses to build its design model. Each of these has special features unique to the object

being described, but there are some common features as well. Additionally, the General collec-

tion contains settings and styles that are applied to various objects across the entire product.

The General collection serves as the catchall for styles that apply to multiple objects and

for settings that apply to no objects. For instance, the Civil 3D General Note object doesn’t

really belong with the Surface or Pipe collection. It can be used to relate information about

those objects, but because it can also relate to something like “Don’t Dig Here!” it falls into the

General category. The General collection has three components (or branches):

Multipurpose Styles These styles are used in many objects to control the display of com-

ponent objects. The Marker Styles and Link Styles collections are typically used in cross-

sectional views, whereas the Feature Line Styles collection is used in grading and other

commands. Figure 1.10 shows the collection of multipurpose styles and some of the marker

styles that ship with the product.

Label Styles The Label Styles collection allows Civil 3D users to place general text notes or

label single entities outside the parcel network while still taking advantage of Civil 3D’s ﬂex-

ibility and scaling properties. With the various label styles shown in Figure 1.11, you can get

some idea of their usage.

Because building label styles is a critical part of producing plans with Civil 3D, Chapter 19,

“Styles,” looks at how to build a new basic label and some of the common components that

appear in every label style throughout the product.

Figure 1.10

General multipur-

pose styles and

some marker styles

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