Generating Grid Ticks and Labels

AutoCAD Land Desktop Tutorial

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Generating Grid Ticks and Labels

In this exercise, you will generate grid ticks and labels to show cut and fill volume values at specified grid points.

  1. On the Terrain menu, click Grid Volumes Grid Volume Ticks to display the Site Volume Librarian dialog box.

  2. From the Select site list, select Site1, and then click OK to display the Grid Volume Ticks dialog box.

  3. Enter 5 for the Tick interval and Label interval, and then enter 1 for the Label precision.

  4. In the Label Position section select Right, and then click OK.

  5. Enter No to not erase old ticks.

    The grid ticks and labels are generated.

  6. Zoom in on one of the grid ticks and labels.

Click here to see an illustration of grid ticks and labels.

This concludes the volume calculation lesson. In the next lesson, you'll learn about drawing lines, curves, and spirals.