Adjust the RockPlot3D Label Settings

Step-by-Step Summary

Follow these steps to establish the settings for a new label that you have inserted into the RockPlot3D scene, or for an existing label that’s already displayed.

• For an existing label, expand the Legends heading, if necessary, in the data pane to view the label(s) currently stored with the RockPlot3D view. (You can have more than one label.)
• Right-click on the label to be modified and choose Options. (Or, just double-click on the label to access its options.)

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• Establish the label options:
  • Caption: This is the text to be displayed as the label, such as "Arsenic - 2 Feb 2007" or "Davis Study Site" shown above.
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  • Font: Click on this button to select the font type, style, size, and color for the label.
    • Automatic Text Color: Check this box if you want the label color to be changed automatically from dark to light or light to dark should the background color for the scene change.
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  • Position: Use the displayed radio buttons to select the position for the text in the view pane. RockPlot3D maintains a boundary zone around the current image (sometimes overlapping it if the window is small or the image zoomed) in which the labels "float" independently of the image. The label will not be resized as you change the size of the RockPlot 3D window or the zoom state of the 3D scene.
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  • Horizontal Offset: Use this item to make small adjustments to the horizontal positioning of the label. An entry of "0" (default) will place the label at the indicated Position (above). A setting of "0.1" will bump the label slightly to the right. A setting of "-0.1" will move the label slightly to the left. You should adjust the position in increments of 0.1 or the label may get bumped off the screen.
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  • Vertical Offset: Use this item to make small adjustments to the vertical positioning of the label. An entry of "0" (default) will place the label at the indicated Position (above). A setting of "0.1" will bump the label slightly upward. A setting of "-0.1" will move the label slightly downward. You should adjust the position in increments of 0.1 or the label may get bumped off the screen.
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• Click the Apply button at any time to view the effect of your changes on the label. You may need to drag the Options window out of the way to view the display. You do not need to close the Label Options window to apply and see the changes.
  Using the Apply button tells the program to invoke the changes you have made. You cannot discard changes once they have been applied.
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• Click the Close button to close the Label Options window.
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