Edit Point Attributes

This command will edit the attributes of a Carlson point, such as the symbol type, point number, elevation and description. When this command is invoked, the command line will prompt the user: Select point to edit (Enter to end). At this point, you can select any part of the point including the symbol, elevation, point number or the description. Next, a dialog will appear as shown.

The dialog has several tabs. On the General tab, the name of the coordinate file for the point is displayed at the top along with any point groups that contain this point. The Elevation Decimals setting for the point elevation label. Both Drawing Description and CRD File Descriptions are displayed. When a change to the Drawing description is made, this change will not be reflected in the coordinate file. This allows the change of a description that is defined in the Field to Finish (fld) table for a particular code. If a change is made in the CRD File description, it will be reflected in the coordinate file. Take note that if the CRD file description is changed, running Field to Finish will change the definitions for the point changed. If you change the point number to a number that already exists in the current CRD file, and point protect is ON, you will be prompted whether to overwrite or renumber. The Non-Surface toggle controls whether this point is filtered out in surface modeling with Triangulate & Contour. This Non-Surface setting is the same that the Non-Surface Points routines use in the 3D Data menu. The properties that you modify, with the exception of Drawing Description, will update the current CRD file. All modifications will update the point screen entities.
To change the symbol, go to the Symbol tab and either type in a new symbol name in the edit box, or choose the Symbol or Set button where you can choose from a list of symbols from the Symbol Library.
On the Notes tab, you can edit notes for the point. These notes are free-form additional descriptions for the point.
On the GIS tab, you can edit GIS attributes for the point. These GIS attributes are only available for CRDB format coordinate files. See the GIS Data section of the manual for more information on the CRDB GIS data.
The Image tab shows any images assigned to the point. The Open function will open the image in the image program set in Windows for the image file type. The Add and Remove functions are to add and remove images assigned to the point. The Next and Previous buttons are for selecting different images when the point has multiple images.

The Settings tab has a control for the number of decimals to use in the dialog.

Selecting the Point History button will bring up another dialog box that displays the point history of the point chosen. A history of the point will be listed, but only if, under General Setting, the Maintain CRD History File had been set to ON (selected) for the coordinate file that you are working with. With the CRD History feature of Carlson, all point changes can be rolled back.

You may also choose to use the CAD DDATTE command to change the attributes of a point. If you do this, then the CRD file will not be updated and if you change the elevation attribute, the point will not change its current Z location.

Pulldown Menu Location: Points
Keyboard Command: editpnt
Prerequisite: Carlson points