This command is used to create point groups based on inclusion and exclusion filters. The manager can perform various functions on these point groups. Also point groups can be referenced by group name in other commands such as Field to Finish and Data Collection.
Create Point Group: This option creates point groups. When selected, the New Point Group dialog box is displayed.
Group Name is the name of Point Group to create.
Description is the description of Point Group to create.
Use the Include Tab to define the filters to be applied when creating the point group. Inclusion rules are applied before the exclusion rules.
When Include All is toggled on, all points in the coordinate file will be included in the selection.
When Point List is toggled on, an option of defining the point list must be selected.
DWG: Select allows for manual selection of the points to include from the drawing. The points must be drawn on the screen prior to using this option. All standard AutoCAD selection tools, are available for selection of the points.
DWG: Add Within Circle allows for selection of the points to include by a user defined circle. The circle is defined by specifying the center and radius of the circle. The radius can be defined by entering in a numeric value or by picking on the screen. Points must be drawn to the screen prior to using this option.
DWG: Add Within Polyline allows for the selection of points to include by referencing a closed polyline. All points located within the closed polyline will be included in the selection. Prompts for the inclusion polyline and the exclusion polyline will display. The inclusion polyline limits of the selection area. The exclusion polyline defines the area to exclude within the inclusion polyline. Points must be drawn to the screen prior to using this option.
CRD: Select allows for manual selection of the points to include from a point list. Standard window selection tools are available for selecting the points to include.
CRD: Add Within Circle allows for selection of the points to include by a user defined circle. The circle is defined by specifying the center and radius of the circle. The radius can be defined by entering in a numeric value or by picking on the screen. The points do NOT have to be drawn to the screen prior to selection.
CRD: Add Within Polyline allows for the selection of points to include by referencing a closed polyline. All points located within the closed polyline will be included in the selection. Prompts for the inclusion polyline and the exclusion polyline will display. The inclusion polyline limits of the selection area. The exclusion polyline defines the area to exclude within the inclusion polyline. The points do NOT have to be drawn to the screen prior to selection.
Elevation Range allows for the selection of points within a specified elevation range to be included in the group. The minimum and maximum elevations can be entered manually in their respective data fields. The minimum and maximum values can also be specified by the Set By Selection and Set From List options.
Set By Selection allows for selection of points to include in the group from the drawing. The points must be drawn to the screen prior to using this selection method. Standard AutoCAD selection methods are available.
Set From List allows for selection of points to include in the group from a point list. Standard Windows selection tools are available with this option.
The Description option allows for a selection of points to include based upon the description of the point. The description to filter for can be entered in the data field or by using the Set By Selection and/or the Set From List options described above.
The Exclude Tab allows for defining rules that pertain to the points to be excluded from the Inclusion selection. After defining the inclusion rules for the group, the options on the Exclude tab can be used to filter for points to exclude from the group. For example, if the inclusion rules call for all points within the elevation range of 8 to 12, an exclusion rule can be set to exclude the points on elevation 9 or with the description tree. The options on this tab work exactly like the options on the Include tab. Please refer to the Include tab definitions for further instruction.
Save Changes saves the point group to the group name specified based upon the Inclusion and Exclusion rules specified.
Cancel Changes discards specified rules and changes and goes back to the Point Group Manager dialog.
Edit Point Group
allows for editing of
existing point groups. From the list of available groups,
highlight the group or groups to edit. When complete with the
first group, if more than one is selected, selecting the Save Changes
option will save the changes to the active group and switch to the next
group in the selection set.
From the Groups pulldown, select Edit Groups, the Edit Group dialog box will now appear.
See Create Point Groups for further definitions of the available options.
Delete Point
Groups deletes
specified groups for the existing group list. One or more groups
can be deleted at one time.
Import Point
Groups allows for importing filters from
point group manager settings of other coordinate files. This is a
useful option when coordinate files are going to contain same point
group names with the same filters. This option only brings in the
filters into the point group manager, it does not import actual points
into the coordinate file by group name. Existing points in the
active coordinate file that meet the filter definitions of the imported
point groups will automatically be added to the corresponding
group.
The Insert into Drawing option draws the points in the group in the drawing. Individual points or point ranges can be selected from the group to be erased from the drawing. For example points 264-275 and point 298 contained in group Wet Lands are tagged to be erased from the drawing in the following figure.
The symbol to be used and the attribute layout are determined by the Point Default Settings. The symbol size and the point attribute size are determined by the settings in the Drawing Setup routine.
Erase from Drawing
erases specified point
group/groups or specified points from within the group from the
drawing.
Erase from Coordinate File and Drawing erases the points in the specified group/groups or specified points from within the group from the drawing and will also permanently delete the points from the CRD file. You will be prompted with a warning as follows:
Selecting Yes will complete the command and erase the points from the screen and also the coordinate file. Selecting No will cancel the command leaving the drawing and the coordinate file unchanged.
The Report option will generate a point list of the points contained in the selected group/groups or specified points from within the group.
The Highlight option highlights the specified objects in the drawing. This makes them distinguishable from the other points on the screen.
The Draw 2D Line option draws a 2d polyline between the points contained in the group/groups or between specified points in a group.
The Export command exports the selected group/groups or the specified point(s) or range of points from within the group to various formats. The available formats are ASCII/Text, Carlson Software CRD and C&G CRD files.
When ASCII/Text is selected, the Export Text/ASCII File dialog box will be displayed. Please refer to the Export Text/ASCII File section of the manual for more information.
The CRD-Carlson
software command writes the selected
group/groups or the specified point(s) or range of points within the
group to a new Carlson formatted CRD file.
Specify the file name of the CRD file to create and press save.
CRD-C&G writes the selected group/groups or the specified point(s) or range of points within the group to a new C&G formatted CRD file.
Specify the file name of the CRD file to create and
press save.
Pulldown Menu Location: Points
Keyboard Commands: pgm
Prerequisite: A coordinate file
File Names: \lsp\crdutil.arx