Accessing Civil 3D points

Last updated: 2026-01-06

Total video time: 05:19

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Points in Civil 3D can be accessed in several different ways.

Directly selecting a COGO or Survey Point in Model space opens the respective Contextual Ribbon. A Contextual Ribbon is not available when multiple survey points are selected.

Points

  1. Toolspace palette > Prospector tab > Points 
  2. Left-click Points (populates Toolspace Preview window)
    1. right-click Points > Edit Points... (opens Panorama window)

Point Groups

  1. Toolspace palette > Prospector tab > Point Groups
  2. Left-click Point Groups (populates Toolspace Preview window, lists Point Groups in priority order for style display)
  3. Expand Point Groups list, for selecting specific point groups.
  4. Right-click Point Groups (for contextual functions)
    1. right-click Point Groups > Edit Points... (opens Panorama window)

 

Info:

Left-click and Drag to move column headers. Left click on a column header to sort rows by selected column header.

Left-click on a point for editing. (Ctrl+Select) to cherry-pick multiple points, (Shift+Select) to select a range of points, (Ctrl+A) to select all points.

Access Point creation, conversion and modification tools through the Ribbon

Point Creation Tools

  1. Home tab > Create Ground Data panel > Points dropdown

    1. Point Creation Tools (toolbar with different tools to build or create points in a file)

      Tip: These tools can also be found under Point Creation Tools fly-out menus.

    2. Create Point Group

    3. Convert AutoCAD Points (will convert AutoCAD points to COGO points)

Select a point > Right-click > Select Properties…

You can see detailed information and make limited modifications in the Properties Palette. Not all Properties can be edited.

Warning: Changing information in the Properties Palette is not recommended. It may make it harder to find where the change is taking place.