You can view and set label preferences for your layout plan sheets from the Define Diagrams screen at the top right of the toolbar, or from the Plan Generation landing page.
View or hide labels:
You can choose whether to include labels for specific layers in Maintain Diagram Layers, or you can show/hide and edit labels for specific objects within Layout Plan Sheets.
View and set label preferences
You can view and set label preferences for all label types that will display on the layout plan sheets.
Select Labels for this plan to set your preferences for the plan you are working in.
Select Labels for new plans to edit and set your default label preferences for any new plans. Note that this will not change the label preferences for any plans that you have already opened in Plan Generation.
Choose label font style and size
For each label type you can choose from 3 fonts:
- Roboto (default) - was Tahoma
- Arimo – was Arial
- Tinos – was Times New Roman.
You can set the font to any size between 8pt and 16pt, and make the label bold if needed.
Change font for all labels of a specific type
Left-click in the Font column next to the label type that you want to change.
A drop-down menu will appear. Left-click on your preferred font to apply this font to all labels of the selected type.
The selected font will now appear in the font list next to the label type and will be automatically updated in Layout Plan Sheets once you have saved your preferences.
Change font size for all labels of a specific type
Left-click in the Size column next to the label type that you want to change.
A drop-down menu will appear. Left-click on your preferred font size to apply this size to all labels of the selected type.
The selected font size will now appear in the size list next to the label type and will be automatically updated in Layout Plan Sheets once you have saved your preferences.
Set label type to Bold
Left-click on the box in the Bold column next to the label type that you want to change.
The box shows as ticked for any labels that will appear bold on the Layout plan sheets. Left-click again on the box to remove the tick if you don’t want the label type to be bold.
Save and close label preferences
Once you have chosen your font style and size for the label types, select Save to save your selections. Select Cancel to close the panel without saving your selections.
Once you have saved your selections, the Label Preferences panel will display All preferences up to date.
You can safely left-click on Close to close the panel and continue with Layout Plan Sheets or Define Diagrams.
Revert to original label preferences
When you edit the Label Preferences panel, an icon will appear in the Revert column next to any labels that have changed from the default settings.
To return a label to its default label preferences settings, left-click the Revert icon next to the label you want to reset.
The label will revert to the default label preference settings.
Select Save to save the reverted label preferences.
Hidden objects visible by default
Labels, coordinates, and lines can be Shown, Hidden, or Not Displayed on pages of your layout plan sheets.
By default, any hidden objects will display on the layout sheets in grey. You will not see them when you preview the page, and they will not be included in the final plan. If set to display by default, you can then set these hidden objects to not display on the layout page from within the Layout Plan Sheets workspace.
You can also change your default settings to not display hidden items. Left-click to untick the box next to Hidden objects visible by default to change this setting.
You can then set these hidden objects to display as needed from within the Layout Plan Sheets workspace.