Edit
This feature allows you to edit an existing description
table. The following edit dialog box will appear:
Note: Editing a
description table does not make it the current description table
for the current drawing. To make a description table the
current one you must choose the Set Current menu item in the
Description Table.
Caution for CG-SURVEY for DOS
users: You may open the older format CG-DOS Description
Table. However, when opened, the CG-DOS description table
will be converted to the current format and once converted, the
description table cannot be converted back to or used by the
CG-SURVEY for DOS program.
Description Table File:
Displays the name and location of the description table currently
being edited. Pressing the Browse button
brings up the Choose a Description
Table to Edit file dialog box allowing you to select a
description table to edit.
Note about the Browse
button: If you are in the editor just after using the create
menu item to create a new description table, you should not use the
Browse button.
Descriptions list
This list contains a list of all the descriptions in the current
description table. You may scroll through the list using the
scroll bar on the right or use the scroll bar on the bottom to view
the complete description. The list contains one description
per line. By clicking on a description in the list its
properties are displayed to the right of the list. The list
itself contains some of the description's properties but you must
click on the specific description you are interested in to view all
its specifications. Each row in the list consists of first
the description number then the description itself then the symbol
and symbol and label height.
Description section
Description Number: This
number acts as an index to the description table.
Description: The
description you wish to set parameters for.
Auto Map Line Drawing section
If you check the Draw Lines
ONLY checkbox then during Auto Mapping (see Draw > Auto
Map > Draw) points with this description will not have the point
symbol drawn but will be connected by lines if the line drawing
codes are used. The Line
Type to Use drop down box allows you to choose one of the
currently loaded line types for the lines drawn between points
having this description.
Point Symbol section
Symbol: The drawing in the
box on the left side indicates which point symbol is currently
specified for this description. The text next to the symbol
drawing is the name of the symbol minus the .dwg ending. This
is the symbol to be used when plotting a point having a description
matching that specified in this description entry. You may
specify any valid block name by first selecting the type of symbol
you wish to use: either Carlson or C&G. You can specify
any standard C&G or Carlson symbol supplied with the software
or create your own custom point symbols. Custom point symbols
must be located in either the users Sup directory with the Carlson
symbols or with the C&G symbols in Sup\CGPTSYM generally found
under C:\Documents and Settings\<User Name>\Application
Data\Carlson Software\<Carlson product name>\<CAD
version> directory.
You may press the Change Symbol button to view and/or select the
desired symbol.
Symbol Layer: The drawing
layer that the point symbol will be plotted on for any point having
a description matching that specified in this description table
entry.
Point Labels section
Point Label Positions
The entries in this area refer to the plotting of Point ID,
Description and Elevation labels around a point symbol.
Layer
The Point ID, Description and Elevation layer names can be
specified. If none is specified then the current layer will
be used.
Position
You can assign the Position of the point number, elevation and
description labels in relation to the point symbol.
Valid positions are 0 through 9 based on the numeric keypad on your
keyboard. Consider 5 as the location of the center of a point
symbol. Labels can be placed around the point symbol just as the
other numbers surround 5. You identify the location where you want
the label to be placed around the point symbol by selecting the
number on the numeric keypad that corresponds to that relative
location. The relative positions are also indicated in the
list and can be picked directly from the list.
Position 0 - indicates that you do not want the label to be
plotted.
Position 5 - can only be used for the elevation label. (If you
select position 5 for any other label it will be treated as
Position 0). If you select position 5 for the elevation label the
whole number portion of the elevation will be plotted to the left
of the center of the symbol and the decimal portion of the
elevation will be plotted to the right.
Whole Places - can be specified for the elevation label only.
Decimal Places - can be specified for the elevation label only.
Plot Radial
If Plot Radial is checked, the point labels will be plotted
radially from the symbol’s center at the Position specified. If
plot radial is not selected, point labels will be plotted
horizontally.
Symbol and Label Size section
Symbol Size: The size of
the symbol to be plotted for a point having a description matching
that specified for this description table entry.
Label Size: The height of
the point label text. This refers to labeling symbols with
point number, elevation and description.
Units: Units can be set to
Scale X Symbol Size or
Literal.
Scale X Symbol Size indicates that the values for
Symbol Size and
Label Size will be
multiplied by the drawing scale (Specified on the Drawing Settings
tab of the C&G Options dialog) to determine the size of the
symbol and/or label in actual drawing units.
Literal indicates that the
specified Symbol Size is in
actual drawing units and should not be scaled.
Note: If the Units for a given description is set to
Scale X Symbol Size, then
the symbol size and label height on the printed drawing are
interpreted to be in inches if drawing units are set to FEET on the
General tab of the C&G Options dialog and centimeters if
drawing units are set to METERS or METRES.
Buttons
List: clicking this button
causes the description table to be printed as a report on the
command line and to the print file.
Add/Replace: click this
button to save your changes when you complete a new description or
edit an existing description.
Delete: click this button
to delete the highlighted description. If you delete a
description, it cannot be recovered and you will not be allowed to
cancel the deletion.
Exit: When finished
editing, click this button.
Prompts
Use the Edit Description Table dialog to enter or modify
descriptions and their drawing parameters.
Pulldown Menu Location:
CG-Survey > Mngmt > Description Tables
Keyboard Command:
cg_edit_desc_codes
Prerequiste: An
existing C&G description table or a newly created one (see
Create)
