Label

A Label is a special kind of BoxText item that draws with a line to a labelled location.

Both the position of the BoxText, and the label position can be edited, and the line joining them will be redrawn automatically.

Properties

• Area
• Character Height
• Clockwise
• Number of lines
• Offset X
• Offset Y
• Offset Z
• Splinter factor
• Text
  

Item Properties

Properties

• Area: _area#
  The area covered by the item in square metres.
  
  
• Character Height: _character_height#
  The height of BoxText characters in real-world metres.
  
  
• Clockwise: _bClockwise&
  Is the item geometry defined in a clockwise direction?
  
  
• Number of lines: _lines&
  The number of lines of text. Single-line text will report one line.
  
  
• Offset X: _offsetx#
  The offset in metres between the justification point and labelled point.
  
  
• Offset Y: _offsety#
  The offset in metres between the justification point and labelled point.
  
  
• Offset Z: _offsetz#
  The offset in metres between the justification point and labelled point.
  
  
• Splinter factor: _splinter#
  The splinter factor of the Polygon. A circle has a splinter factor of 1. A very long and thin area could have a splinter factor of 100. Polygon items with large splinter factors are often produced by overlapping lines which are almost but not quite the same.
  
  
• Text: _text$
  The textual content of the item. If the item contains a MultiLineString then the Properties Control Bar will show the lines separated by Carriage Return/Line Feed characters.
  
  

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