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Smart Labels

Smart Labels are a special (managed) type of facing labels. They are intended to be associated with a point in 3D space. Normally the point is the center of its parent entity.

Smart Labels are arranged automatically on the screen so they do not overlap and positioned close to the point they are associated with.

See its behaiviour on the Labels>Smart labels example in the Sample Explorer

Smart labels are items. They can be a top-level item or, most often, a child item of an entity.

By default a smart label is positioned on top of its parent object or its associated point. When the label does not fit silhouette of its parent object it is positioned on margins of the 3D window. In any case labels are arranged automatically to avoid overlapping.

Array of all smart labels and related properties are maintaned by Smart Label Manager, which can be accessed via ISmartLabelManager_KC interface queried from IView.

An individual smart label can be accessed via ILabel3D_KC queried from the relevant IItem or via ISmartLabelManager_KC.GetLabel(). Smart labels also implement IText, IDIFont, IItem, ILocation and ITypeBasic_KC.

The Smart Label Manager also implements IDynamicScreenItemManager_KC interface to control smart labels as a generic set of items.

Smart Label Manager keeps a special label, which acts as a template for new labels created with AddNewLabel, CreateLabelsAutomatic or CreateObjectLabelAutomatic. Properties of the template can be accessed via ISmartLabelManager_KC.GetLabelCreationTemplate > ILabel3D_KC

Extended Properties

Smart labels are computationaly intensive during rendering stage. The properties below are related for performance. These options mostly make difference for intersive rendering of large models like during animations. It is recommeded to experiment with the settings to tune in the performance.

Use ISmartLabelManager_KC.GetExtendedProperties() to access the properties.

See also:  Smart Labels Sample,