Label data values from tables attached to the objects as Texts in ZWCAD.

Label the entities data in the drawing

Although some application commands allow automatic labeling of entity data as part of the process (e.g. when Importing entities), the ‘SPMLABEL’ command labels data values from tables attached to the entities as texts.

• Parameters and options
  • Selection (review selection control options).
  • Table and Field: Lets you select the data to label.
    • Warning: Please note that if none of the entities selected for labeling are attached to the chosen Table/Field, no label will be created and the application will display a warning.
  • Layer name: This setting defines the target layer name for the labels. You can select an existing layer in the drawing or you can write the name to create a new layer.
  • Apply random colors to new layers.
  • Treat closed polylines as polygons: When checked (default value), all closed polylines in the drawing will be labeled as polygons (label in the centroid). If not, these polylines will be labeled as linear entities.
    • Label options. You can define the style, height, justification, rotation, and rotation units of the label text entities here. Some of these parameters can be taken from fields in the data tables. For linear entities, you can also specify the separation in drawing units between labels to be repeated along the entity, or if you want a single label for each entity. As added parameters, you can set the option to use or not LUPREC for decimal places ‘‘(see Notes below)’’ and ‘‘Mask labels’’, which will generate masks (Wipeout entities, grouped with the labels), and they will “trim” the entities located behind the labels in order to improve their reading.
    • Notes:
      • When labeling, the rotation of the texts will consider the positive angles direction defined according to the value of the System Variable ANGDIR (please, take a look at ANGDIR and UNITS in the ZWCAD Help).
      • You can choose that the value of the LUPREC variable (length precision) be used or not for the number of decimal places when labeling entities using a numerical field (please, take a look at LUPREC and UNITS in the ZWCAD Help).
      • Label masks are available for ZWCAD 2020 SP2 Special Package (2020.05.15 - 56123) and upper versions.