Controlling the Contour Label Line

During a Civil 3D essentials class this week, a CAD manager asked what was the best way to control the label line that is attached to the contour label themselves. 

As seen in the screen capture above, the line is useful when trying to decide where to put the labels themselves, but obviously we don't want to show the line when we are ready to plot are sheets.  In order to control the label line, we ultimately have two options.  The first option I will discuss is using the properties box.

Notice in the capture above, the second option that says display contour label line.  By selecting false, this will turn the line off.  Also, don't forget to use the select similar option, this will minimize having  to do this process more than once or twice.  The second option, which I prefer is to set the template to have them turned off prior to labeling the contours.

As the capture above shows, by selecting the surface feature settings, you can control the whether or not the line is ever going to be displayed in the drawing before a label is even placed.