The Draw-Locate Points dialog box allows you to insert either new or existing points into the drawing. You can create new points either by picking points on the screen, or by entering northing and easting coordinates. You can also place existing points by entering point numbers which reference the current coordinate file. You are prompted to choose a coordinate file if no coordinate file is current.
The name of the symbol file is displayed in Symbol Name. You can choose a different symbol by clicking Select. The selected point symbol is displayed on the right.
Symbol Rotation Azimuth is the rotation angle that is used for the point symbols. This angle is used in a counter-clockwise direction relative to the current twist screen.
Layer by Desc inserts the points in the layer named by the point description. Using Layer by Desc organizes the points by description and allows for layer management. For example, you can use the Isolate Layers command to show only points on a certain layer. If you include an invalid layer character in the description, the layer name stops at the bad character. A point description of "UP / 105" would use layer "UP", for example. The Layer Prefix is added to the beginning of the layer name. For example, a Layer Prefix of "PT_" and a point with the description "EP" would use the layer "PT_EP". Layer Prefix is optional. It allows all the point layers to be grouped.
Draw Nodes Only inserts only a point entity (the node) and not the point block and symbol. This option is most useful when you have a lot of points to insert, because inserting only the nodes is faster than inserting nodes with the point block and symbol. Commands such as Triangulate & Contour and Make 3D Grid File can use these points, and do not need the point block and symbol.
Selecting Elev Text Only draws text of the point elevation without the point block, symbol, or node. The decimal place of elevation text is placed at the northing and easting point location.
Locate within Polyline inserts only the points that are inside a closed polyline. The command prompts you to select a closed polyline. All the points in the current coordinate file are checked. Any points that are located within the closed polyline are drawn.
Locate within Distance inserts only the points that are within a specified distance from a reference point. The command asks you for the reference point and the search distance. All the points in the current coordinate file are checked. Any points that are located within the search distance of the reference point are drawn.
Locate within Window/Coord Range inserts only the points that
are within the specified
window or range of northing, easting, and elevation. The command
prompts for the
minimum and maximum northing, easting, and elevations. These values
default to the actual minimum and maximum in the coordinate file. Then
the command prompts for the point number range of points to check. The
points that fall in both the point number range and the coordinate
range are drawn.
Under
Point
Prompt-Label Settings, you determine attributes for which you will be
prompted.
Descriptions determines whether you are prompted for descriptions for each point when creating new points. When you are placing both new and existing points, Descriptions determine whether this attribute is labeled with the point inserts.
Notes works with the note file (.not) associated with the current coordinate file. The note file contains unlimited point descriptions in addition to the fixed 32-character point descriptions in the coordinate file. When you create points with Notes on, the command will prompt for point notes to be stored with the point. When you draw existing points with Notes on, any notes for the points are drawn as text entities below the point description.
Elevations determines whether you are prompted for elevations for each point when creating new points. When you are placing both new and existing points, Elevations determine whether this attribute is labeled with the point inserts.
Use '+' labels the positive elevations with a leading '+'. For example, "+159.43".
Use '-' labels the negative elevations with a leading '-'.
Locate on Real Z Axis determines if the points are placed at their elevations or at zero elevation.
Label Zeros will label points with zero elevation when the Elevations option is on. Otherwise only points with nonzero elevation will be labeled.
Under Point Number Settings, you determine how points will be numbered.
Point Numbers determines whether the complete point block is drawn or just the symbol and node. When you create new points with Point Numbers off, no points are stored in the current coordinate file, and only the point symbol and node are drawn. When you draw existing points with Point Numbers off, the point attribute block is not drawn and only the point symbol and node are drawn.
Automatic Point Numbering applies to creating new points. With this option active, the command will use the Starting Point Number for the first new point. The next point number is automatically incremented. Before storing the point, the command checks whether the point number is used. If the point number is used and point protect is on (set in the Coordinate File Utilities command), then the command will prompt for another point number or to overwrite the point. With Automatic Point Numbering off, the command will prompt for the point numbers.
Determine how the points are to be displayed and in what layer.
With Wildcard match of pt description, you can display only points with specific descriptions. This can be thought of as a filter. For example, entering IP would display only points that are labeled with the description IP, or Iron Pin. The default is the asterisk (*). This will display all points regardless of description.
Layer Name allows you to designate a layer for the points to be displayed. You can enter a new name or choose an existing layer by clicking Select Layer. A Carlson Survey point consists of a block insert with attributes, a point symbol, and a point entity. The point entity is used for picking the point by OSNAP Node in other commands. The block insert includes a point number, elevation, and description. These attributes are in the PNTMARK, PNTNO, PNTELEV, and PNTDESC layers. The points are also in an overall layer as specified in this dialog box. This layer setup allows you to freeze a group of points by the main layer name or freeze point attributes for all the points in the drawing. For example, freezing layer "PNTS" would freeze all the points in this layer. Freezing layer "PNTELEV" would freeze the point elevation attribute for all the points.
Draw Range will draw existing points from the current coordinate file. The Draw Range button will prompt for the point numbers to draw.
Draw All will draw all the points in the coordinate file, and then zoom the extents of the display to show the points.
Draw Point Group will draw a point group with settings that are established in the Point Group Manager.
Enter and Assign can be used to create new points using the point northing and easting.
Screen Pick allows you to create points by picking the point coordinate on the screen. For example, you could set the Object Snap to EndPoint and pick the end point of a building polyline to create a point at the building corner.
To create a new point:
Draw-Locate dialog choose Screen Pick
Pick point to create: pick a point
Select/<Enter Point
Elevation <0.00>: Enter
elevation Press S to select
text to set elevation.
Enter Point Description <>: Enter
N: 5106.57 E: 4901.96
Z: 0.00
Enter/<Select text
of elevation>: Select
text entity that defines elevation
of point.
To locate a point in the coordinate file (point number 3 in this
example):
Draw-Locate Point dialog choose Draw Range
Point numbers to draw: 3
Points Drawn> 1
Locates point 3.
Point numbers
to draw: 1-2
Points Drawn> 2
Locates a range of points. From 1 to 2.
Point numbers
to draw: Enter
Keyboard Commands: lpoint
Prerequisite: A CRD file and you may want to execute
Drawing Setup (see the Setting menu) to set the scale and size.
File Names: \lsp\lp.lsp, \lsp\crdutil.arx