Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Line Labels

Have you created your profile view and profile labels only to find that the last or first segment is missing a line label? The cause of this is often the anchor point of the text label component is set to the midpoint of the tangent.
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In order to always get it to show up, and not to use a separate label style, utilize a line label component set to be hidden. For the anchors of the hidden line use the Anchor Tangent Start In View and Anchor Tangent End In View.
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Now set the text label component to the middle of the HiddenLine.
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Now the label will show up in all of the views.
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Look in the comments for a case where this doesn't work, split profiles.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:26 PM

    I tried doing the same thing for one of my clients. Unfortunately, if the tangent crosses a split point on the profile view, it goes totally wonkers.
    http://content.screencast.com/users/jugglerbri/folders/Jing/media/ad033745-c3d8-4939-9153-e40b838bef30/Profile%20Label%20Issues.png

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  2. Anonymous11:58 AM

    Here is a similar solution on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/MLouisUSA#p/u/5/hK5xyFHQml0

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