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Contour Annotation Tool

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Contour Annotation Tool

Contour Annotation Tool, Annotation Toolset, Cartography Toolbox 

Contour Annotation

Creates annotation for contour features.

The tool creates an annotation feature class with corresponding mask polygons based on input contour features.

1. Input Features

The contour line feature class for which the annotation will be created.

2. Output Geodatabase

The workspace where the output feature classes will be saved. The workspace can be an existing geodatabase or an existing feature dataset.

3. Contour Label Field

The field in the input layer attribute table upon which the annotation text will be based.

4. Reference Scale

Enter the scale to use as a reference for the annotation. This sets the scale to which all symbol and text sizes in the annotation will be based.

5. Output Layer Name

The group layer that will contain the contour layer, the annotation, and the mask layer. When working in ArcCatalog, you can use the Save To Layer File tool to write the output group layer to a layer file. When using ArcMap, the tool adds the group layer to the display if this option is checked in the geoprocessing options. The group layer that is created is temporary and will not persist after the session ends unless the document is saved.

6. Contour and Label Color

The color of the output contour layer and annotation features.

· BLACK—The output contour layer and annotation features will be drawn in black. This is the default.

· BROWN—The output contour layer and annotation features will be drawn in brown.

· BLUE—The output contour layer and annotation features will be drawn in blue.

7. Contour Type Field (optional)

The field in the input layer attribute table containing a value for the type of contour feature. An annotation class will be created for each type value.

8. Contour Alignment (optional)

The annotation can be aligned to the contour elevations so that the top of the text is always placed uphill. This option allows the annotation to be placed upside down. The contour annotation can also be aligned to the page, ensuring that the text is never placed upside down.

1. PAGE— The annotation will be aligned to the page, ensuring that the text is never placed upside down. This is the default.
2. UPHILL—The annotation will be aligned to the contour elevations so that the top of the text is always placed uphill. This option allows the annotation to be placed upside down.

9. Enable Laddering (optional)

Placing annotation in ladders will place the text so it appears to step up and step down the contours in a straight path. These ladders will run from the top of a hill to the bottom, will not cross each other, will belong to a single slope, and will not cross any other slope.

1. Checked—Annotation will step up and down the contours in a straight path.
2. Unchecked—Annotation will not be placed up and down the contours in a straight path. This is the default.