Using MAPANNTEXT to create annotation from GIS attributes in Civil 3D.

[@chrisleach3659]

This was very helpful and will save me countless hours in the future. Used a project we had with nearly 2000 Parcels that I needed to add PIN #'s and Addresses. Unlike your "perfect" shapefile mine is not so there is some 'tweaking' that needs to be done, but, man is this a time saver for me and a great jump off point to fine tune my own workflow for future projects.

[@jacobsidian]

YOU JUST GAVE ME HOURS OF MY LIFE BACK.

[@Sathirel2]

This is wonderful! But lets say you have a pipe network shown as polylines and you wanted to add the diameter of each pipes over each line. How do you rotated the text to follow each polyline and define the space between the text and the polyline?

[@bicavalgyalvesdesousa2526]

I was desperately looking for this Thanks

[@mikicamickeysporea1815]

Hey Jerry, as always a Master level tips :) Thanks for that

[@erikams9260]

Thanks so much for the video! I have a map of a city and the street name data is separated (Street Type, Street Title and Name). I need to concatenate this data and then insert the labels according to the rotation of the street polyline. Please, is there a video with this orientation? It is possible to do in Autocad Map 3D 2018.

[@kharroubiahmed1299]

merci beaucoup on souhaite de continuer ces cours important

[@alexthecivilengineer]

Hi Jerry, this is a great feature and we use it frequently. One thing I'm wondering though - is there a way to make these labels plan readable? As in have them appear upright in a rotated viewport similar to how other annotative text objects and C3D labels behave? Thanks in advance.

[@skyorient6919]

thanks so much for this traine, pleas help me how can i get annotation text from extend data (Property Set Define) in civil 3D

[@amykitchens10]

This was exactly what I was trying to do! Thank you. I found that after you create the field, and you are still in block editor, you can double click on the field and a dialog box will pop up. If you clear out the default text it will not insert the name of the field if that field is blank. It will just leave it blank. Hope this helps someone. I used this to place multiple fields over the top of each other at 0,0 (knowing that only one would be populated for any given data set).

[@jefferyjjensen]

Another very helpful video. Question, how do you add a background text mask to the parcel labels created from the custom block reference (MAP3D object data)? Ideally want these labels as MTEXT. When I explode these blocks, I lose the attribute values (e.g. parcel number). Also EXPORTTOAUTOCAD doesn't convert the blocks to MTEXT. Any ideas?

[@parvizpourazizian3985]

Go to Express tools in CAD then explode attributes.

[@SkreezNuts]

@@parvizpourazizian3985 nice! thank you

[@inkon7979]

Hello. Very interesting video. How to reduce the accuracy of the attributes? eg 100.235656 - 100.24

[@amykitchens10]

Add rtos to the front of your Value Example: (rtos (:attribute@source)) This will constrain the digits to the precision you set for your Units in Drawing Settings

[@robinreza4029]

thankyou so much! you r my hero

[@parvizpourazizian3985]

Very usefull, I really appreciate. saved me.

[@EmotionallyExhausted]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

[@haiyoo100]

Thank you,

[@edwinlandmast255]

Open and shut case.

[@amykitchens10]

I would like to add some additional attributes to this block, but using the Define Attributes command doesn't seem to work as part of the Template. In the Edit Template Contents screen, I added an attribute by using Define Attribute. I enter a tag number, a prompt, and a default text, place the placeholder in my block, and then save and exit. When I refresh the block using the "Update Annotation" button, the new field does not show up. If I double-click on the block, it only gives me the option to edit the original attributes I defined with MAPANNOTEXT. The new fields are there in REFEDIT, but they don't seem to be incorporated as attributes I can edit.

[@KB-fi9mv]

Did you find a solution to this? I am in the same area where i need a parcel address with three pieces of attributes strung together. I have done it previously and I forget how to combine them. Let me know.

[@amykitchens10]

It's deceptively simple. Use the command MAPANNTEXT. When prompted to select annotation, press ENTER to create a new one. If you want to create a field with a multiline text option (it will show up as a [...] button at the bottom of your block when you double click it), go ahead and create a regular annotation definition the same as before using MAPANNTEXT. While still in the block editor, single-click on the tag and look in the Properties panel, you will see an option to convert it to Multiline.

[@amykitchens10]

To include additional letters or symbols along with the annotation, use this format: (strcat :Attribute@Source TEXT) Strcat is the command to add a text string to the end of the value. Leave a space between the command and the colon. Place this all within parentheses

[@amykitchens10]

To round to the nearest decimal degree precision that you set in Drawing Units, use this format: (rtos :Attribute@Source) RTOS is the “real number to string” command, Enter a space before :attribute@source, all within parentheses

[@amykitchens10]

To include a simple formula, use this format: (+ 1 :Attribute@Source) Where you would be adding 1 to the value. This works with all formula modifiers. Make sure you insert a space before and after the integer, and place the entire formula inside parentheses