Areas - Annotated Plan
The Areas tab is used to display set the font, colour and style of the area text to be generated for lots.
To compute the annotated plot, follow these steps:
1. Turn on or off any required options for Lots, areas, bearings, distances etc
2. Press APPLY or OK to generate the annotated text.
Areas
This check box allows the user to turn on or off the Areas.
Note that the Lot number and Area text is generated and inserted into the job just like any other piece of text.
It can then be edited and altered at will.
This can also be turned on/off from the ‘Annotated Plot’ tab.
Note: When the lot string is changed, the area is recomputed and the area text will be updated.
Layer
Select the target layer on which the Area text will be placed. Press the [...] button to create a new layer.
Note that the Area text may be generated using the font, text size and colour of the layer it is placed on.
This allow you to easily change the size, font or colour of all the area text by directly changing the layer attributes.
Colour
Select the colour of the Area text, select ‘*ByLayer’ if you want the area text to use the same colour
as the layer text.
Font
Select the font of the Area text, select ‘*ByLayer’ if you want the area text to use the same font
as the layer text.
Size
Select the text size in mm for the Areas text, leave this field blank if you want the areas text to
use the same text size as the layer text.
Bold
Tick the bock if you want Bold text.
Italic
Tick the box if you want Italic text.
Underline
Tick the box if you want Underlined text.
Units
Select the units of area to be used for the area text. Select ‘*Automatic’ to allow the program to automatically
select the appropriate units.
AreaUnits
< 10,000 = sqm, Sq metres
< 1,000,000 = sqm, Hectares
> 1,000,000 = sqm, Sq Kilometres
Decimals
Select the number of decimal places to be used in the area value. The area will be TRUNCATED to this number of
decimal places. Thus if the area is 2.128 Ha, with 2 decimals, the area will be shown as 2.12 Ha.
Select ‘*Automatic’ to allow the program to automatically select the number of decimal places.