Create Offset Text (Existing Object)

Description

Create dynamic text objects that display the perpendicular offset distance from a line or alignment to a vertex.

Access

Home / Tools / Create / Text / Offset / Existing Object

Requirements

Solve module

Controls

The following controls are available:

Control	Description
Style	Select the text style to use for the text.
Mode	Single Vertex - Operate on a single vertex. Selected Objects - Operate on all vertices of the selected objects.
Object	Input the line or alignment to orthogonally project the vertex in 2 dimensions to.
Vertex	Input a vertex to create text for. Note: If the Mode is set to Selected Objects this control is unavailable.
Project start/end segments	Select the checkbox to consider offsets to reference lines projected from the start or end of the line or alignment.

Notes

Create offset text for:
- A single vertex - Text is created automatically when a valid vertex is picked.
- A selection of vertices - Select OK to create text for all valid vertices in the current selection.
Offset text objects are dynamically updated if the object or vertex is moved.
Where the geometry of the line or alignment allows multiple solutions, the text with the smallest offset is created.
The offset displayed is 2 dimensional.
Only straight segments can be projected.

Diagrams

Project start/end segments
		Line Projected Line Projected Offset Offset Vertex