Annotating 3D Polylines

3D polylines can be annotated in the same way as other objects or spatial relationships in your drawing. Annotations help communicate measurements directly on the plan — whether it's for elevation lines, road alignments, or utility networks.

You can annotate:

• Vertices — display XY coordinates and Z elevation at any vertix

• Segment lengths — show the length between two vertices

• Total Length Entire polylines — indicate the total 3D length of a polyline

EXAMPLE

Common use cases include - see image from left to right: 

• Total length
  Display the full length of a polyline with multiple segments. Useful for pipelines, cable routes, or terrain edges.

• Distance between two polylines
  Annotate the horizontal or spatial gap between separate paths.

• Vertex coordinates
  Show the 3D coordinates of a specific point for control checks or inspection purposes.

VIDEO

The following video shows how it all works:

VERSION INFORMATION 

Introduced in: 
Pythagoras 2021 - Annotations for polylines
Pythagoras 2016 - Polylines