Labels
Labels can be turned on in the graphical view for displaying names of points, objects, and instruments. This is often useful for visually distinguishing different objects, but can become over- whelming in complicated files—so you can toggle label visibility.
To Toggle the Display of Labels: use the keyboard shortcut: Alt+L
You can specify the font with which to display labels, as well as the text size.
To Change the Font Used for Labels:
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Click the User Options icon
in the toolbar.
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In the Display tab, click the Font Settings... button in the Labels box.
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Select the desired font, style, size, and color (the other options will not apply).
Labels can be controlled individually for points (which also displays instrument labels) or objects.
Tip: Displaying a large number of labels simultaneously in the graphical view can significantly slow down display performance. Hide items not in use or turn labels off to speed up display speed.
To Toggle the Display of Labels: use the keyboard shortcut: Alt+L
Point labels can display just the target name (such as STAR_EAST_5) or can display the entire collection, group, and target name (such as Controls::Network::STAR_EAST_5).
To Toggle the Display of Full Point Names:
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Click the User Options icon in the toolbar.
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In the Display tab, check or uncheck the Use Full names check- box.
When point labels are enabled, by default they are displayed even when the corresponding point is hidden behind a surface. To avoid confusion, you can set the graphical view to hide labels for points that are not visible from the current point of view.
To Hide Labels for Hidden (Obstructed) Points:
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Within the Visibility section select Hide Obstructed Labels.
When point labels are displayed, by default SA will label the axes of coordinate frames as X, Y, and Z. This can be disabled.
To Disable Labeling of Frame Axes:
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Click the User Options icon
in the toolbar.
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In the Display tab, uncheck the draw Labels checkbox in the Co-ordinate Frames box.