For a long time, with Autodesk Civil 3D I have wanted a smart contour label that drops decimal values. Something like what is available for Stations, a modifier that could “Drop Decimal Value for Whole”, but none are available by default.
Next, I then turned to Equations and was not able to come up with something simple. I then found an old post for Crest and Sag Profile Labels, from a colleague James Mussleman. In the post, equations are leveraged to controls text height. Below we create a contour label based on the same idea:
- First, we will do “Math” to check for the whole number.
- Next, an “If” statement is created that will show/hide the right of the decimal. To be used as 2nd Text Height value.
- Last, a two-component text label is created:
- The primary text will always be shown (“Elev-Lt”) with the whole value left of the decimal.
- The secondary portion of text (“Elev-Rt”) will autohide decimals based on the “If” statement used as height for values right of decimals.
This setup will be useful for situations when contours are set less than whole values or when Surface analysis creates user-defined contours.
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