Create text objects to label the heights of contour lines at a location intersected by a reference line.
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Terrain module
The following controls are available:
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| Style | Select the style to use for the text. |
- Select the contour lines to annotate, then click Insert and draw a single segment reference line intersecting with the contour lines at the locations where the text is to be created.
- Text is created automatically for all selected contour lines intersected by the reference line, when you accept the end location of the line.
- Select a line to enable Insert.
- You can use tentative select to create the reference line from existing vertices.
- Press and hold Alt then select
All 
/ Major Contour Lines or All / Minor Contour Lines to select contours on the active layers. - Create text so that it is readable either in the uphill direction or the south/east direction using the Uphill text orientation setting in the text styles position settings.
- Contour text is rotated based on the direction of the line.
- You can use the text styles display settings to create text with a background colour the same as the project background. This gives the give the effect of the line being clipped to the text without altering the length of the line.
