Callouts

 

Plant Symbol Callout

 

The best method to create a new label type is to open up an existing label that closely matches your layout goal. You can use the Open Files button on the Planting Preferences screen to open the two files of the currently selected callout.

 

The L (left) labels will be placed when the direction of the label is to the left, and the R (right) labels will be placed when the direction of the label is to the right. See Labeling Plants.

 

Simply edit the blocks as desired, and use the the Save Block function to save the variations into the Graphics\Callouts location.

 

After you have created new labels, you may wish to save a more pleasing preview image of the callout, replacing the attribute name with an example value or more understandable term.

§	Open the –R block of the callout.

§	For Quantity, replace the ### attribute with text indicating “QTY”

§	For Plant Code, replace the XXX-XXX (or XXX) attribute with text indicating “GEN SPE” (or GS).

§	For Container Size, replace the 00_GAL attribute with text indicating “SIZE”.

§	Zoom Extents, and use the AutoCAD MSLIDE command to shoot a slide of the same name. You will then also need to use the Land F/X Make Slide Library function to recreate the slide library for the folder LandFX\Blocks\Graphics\Callouts.

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Irrigation Valve Label

 

The Irrigation Valve Callout blocks are located in the Callouts folder under LandFX/Blocks/Graphics. The callouts are named VALVECO, then a number for the callout type, a dash and number for the valve size, and then a dash and an L (for left) or an R (for right).

 

The L (left) labels will be placed when the user indicated the direction of the label is to the left, and the R (right) labels will be placed when the user indicated the direction of the label is to the right. See Valve Callout.

§	When added new callout types, keep the naming convention by adding to the number, or replacing an existing label entirely, retaining the old name.

§	The L labels have the insertion point at the furthest right hand end point of the label line.

§	The R labels have the insertion point at the furthest left hand end point of the label line.

 

The best method to create a new label type is to open up an existing label that closely matches your layout goal. All text is an attribute, so don’t change it, but change the font style or size if that is your desire.

§	The insertion point location for L or R label blocks was mentioned above. If you have moved this line, you will need to save the block again using the Save Block function.

 

After you have created new labels, you need to create a slide to represent that label in the label preferences dialog box. This is a different folder than the one listed above with the label blocks. Go to the Schedule_Symbols folder at LandFX/Blocks/Graphics/Irrigation.

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From this folder, open one of the schedule blocks used to represent the valve callouts in the Irrigation Schedule. These are named similar to VALVECO(number)_SS.dwg. These have an appropriate insertion point for the schedule, and have labeled desriptions of where the Valve Number, Valve GPM, and Valve Size are. Bring in your revised valve callout and replace the existing one.

§	Save this new drawing as indicated above with a new number, keeping the _SS (underscore SS).

§	Zoom to a point where the image fills the screen. At the command line, type mslide to create a slide. Name the slide the same as the drawing name into this Schedule_Symbols folder.

§	Now recreate the slide library for this Schedule_Symbols folder with the Make Slide Library function.