• None - No Labels are generated for display. Use this setting to turn off labeling for the selected feature.
• By Layer - Provides options to create a simple label definition.
• Thematic - Provides options to create a complex label definition and blends the labeling capabilities of the layer style with thematic mapping. In addition to creating text from property data, the symbology of the text elements can be based on user-defined classes. The interface for defining the classes is the same as thematic mapping for layers of type Point-Text.

See the Thematic mapping section for details on how to create thematic mapping classes.

After classes have been generated, the text string to be placed is defined in the Labeling section. Other parameters can be set and changed as needed.

• Initialize with Text Style - Sets the text parameters to match those of the selected text style. All the fields can be further edited for custom formatting.
• Scale - The scale factor applied to the text string.

• Text String - The actual value of the label displayed in the view. It can consist of a static text that you enter to prepend or append the feature property. Available feature properties are accessed from the pulldown list and are entered into the Text String field when selected. Feature properties are enclosed in square brackets.
  
  Complex labeling can be created by adding text and functions to the Text String entry. For example, this followng line of code will produce the label below. The \n causes a newline to be inserted into the labeling.

Value: $[PropVal]\nArea: [XFM.Round([Geometry_Area],2)] sq. m

• Origin - Specifies the label origin relative to the feature instance.
  • For point features, the origin is the same point calculated by the Element Origin snap.
  • Linear features provide the following Origin options:
    • Element Origin - The same point calculated by the Element Origin snap.
    • Element Mid - The same point calculated by the Element Center snap.
    • Element End - The opposite endpoint that would be calculated by an Element Origin snap.
  • Options for Polygon features:
    • Element Origin - The same point calculated by the Element Origin snap.
    • Element Center - The same point calculated by the Element Center snap.
• Offset X,Y and Z - Specifies the offset from the point specified by Origin. The offset could be typed or extracted from a property.
• Orientation - Specifies the orientation of the labeling.
  • Fixed - Places the labeling at the orientation specified by Text Angle in the Formatting section.
  • Element Relative - Places the labeling on the same angle as the element being labeled. If there is an angle specified in the Text Angle setting of the Formatting section, then that value will be added to the angle determined by the element.

These options set the common MicroStation text options. See the MicroStation documentation for details.

Text Angle - Specifies the angle that the text will be placed on. It is affected by the Orientation selection from the Labeling group of options.

These options set the common MicroStation formatting options. See the MicroStation documentation for details. Fixed size sets the size for the text relative to the screen. If Fixed Size is False, the values specified are in master units. If fixed size is True then the values specified are relative to the screen. The text size will not change when zooming in and out.