DzinEye Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 I've been making my own roof slope arrows since day 1 because I never liked my control over the appearance of the auto-labels we get. I'd sure like to be able to use the auto-labels, so I'm giving them one last attempt. I know how to control the text and the arrow-head. Does anyone know of a way to control the length of the arrows? There seems to be no connection to the length of the text string, it seems like there is some baked-in ratio to the text height ? Is that the case, or is there another way to control it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 46 minutes ago, DzinEye said: baked-in ratio to the text height ? I've always used them and this is what I've found to be true.That being said, I suppress them for small roof planes OR I'll move them and use a leader line with a circle arrow head to identify small or thin roof planes. While I also dislike the lack of user control, I've felt the pros outweigh the cons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DzinEye Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 26 minutes ago, robdyck said: this is what I've found to be true Thx Robert ... hmmmph... grumble grumble... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 The ratio is 8 to 1, and you can actually use the Reference Display capabilities with or without custom macros to get what you want. The main key points: -Reference Floor is same as existing floor. -One layer set uses a taller text style to control the arrow length. Text color is either set to white or a custom macro is utilized to display different label in different layer set (blank in this particular layer set)). -Other layer set has normal text style assigned but Roofs, Labels layer is set to invisible line style. -Put the first layer set (the one displaying the desired text) on top. -Move the text in relation to the arrow by using carriage returns either before or after the displayed text. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DzinEye Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said: you can actually use the Reference Display capabilities Thx Michael. Hmmm... okay, so it is do-able... but holy cow whatabuncha monkeying around... sigh. I guess once you get it set up in the SPV it's mostly self regulating. I'll give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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