We see the industry rapidly changing, with much of what we formerly called "Surveying" and "GIS" merging into one field.Out of what's left in the form...
If your points are already coded something like:TRD 24then you can use a Point Format such as this:$1"and you will see what you want in the Full Descr...
Usually, the .TIN files come from Microstation products.LDD has .TIN files as well, but they are very different, and the LDD .TIN files are not useful...
even if you get it to look right on the screenI'd rather use BPNR than manually type in contour labels. BPNR also fixes the other problems with annot...
We always used to use the dreaded "Base Point North Rotation" (BPNR) to solve that problem...
You could always give in to "the dark side" and switch to Civil 3D, which would solve both this problem and the one in your other thread... [evil gri...