In this exercise, you will isolate the Boundary and Pnt_control layers and label the boundary polyline and control points first.

1. On the command line, enter LAI, then select a point on the blue polyline boundary and a control point (any one of the six points displayed in the drawing), press ENTER to display the Layer(s) to isolate dialog box, and then click OK.

2. Click the Layers toolbar icon to display the Layer Properties Manager. Turn on the Boundary_label layer, set it as the current layer, and click OK.

3. On the Labels menu, click Add Static Labels, use a window selection set to select the boundary polylines and control points, and then press ENTER.

4. On the View menu, click Named Views to display the View dialog box. Under Name, select 2, click Set Current, and then click OK.

   Click here to see an illustration of the static line labels.

   If you label a polyline with static labels, exploding the polyline will result in the labels remaining in the drawing. If you label a polyline with dynamic labels, exploding the polyline will result in the disappearance of the labels.

   Distances are annotated with a foot (') symbol, even though the drawings units are set to meters. This is due to the current label style definition. You can edit the label style to reflect the correct units. Also, the boundary and control point labels were created on the Boundary_label layer, since the label styles specified label creation on the current layer.

5. Enter LOA to turn all of the layers in the drawing back on.

   Use the following steps to isolate the Lots layer and label the lot lines.

6. Enter LAI, select a point on a lot line, press ENTER to display the Layer(s) to isolate dialog box. LOT_LINES should be selected. Click OK.

7. Click the Layers toolbar icon to display the Layer Properties Manager. Turn on the Lot_label layer, set it as the current layer, and click OK.

   Use the following steps to change the current label style.

8. On the Labels menu, click Show Dialog Bar to display the Style Properties dialog bar.

9. Click the Curve tab, and then from the Current Label Style list, select length above, radius below.

10. On the View menu, click Named Views to display the View dialog box, under Name, select 3, click Set Current, and then click OK.

11. On the Labels menu, click Add Dynamic Labels, and then select all of the lot lines in the current view.

The lot lines are labeled. Some manipulation of the labels may be required to avoid overlapping text.

Click here to see an illustration of the dynamic labels.