Point creation tools

Last updated: 2022-12-07

Total video time: 06:05

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Exercise data:pnt-creat-tl-data-begin-c3d20.zip

Point Creation Tools

Point creation tools are for placing and creating COGO points, not survey points.

Two ways to access point creation tools

  1. Ribbon > Home tab > Create Ground Data tab > Points dropdown > Point Creation Tools > flyout menus
  2. Choose Point option
  3. Ribbon > Home tab > Create Ground Data tab > Points dropdown > Select Point Creation Tools
  4. Create Points toolbar > Point dropdowns

    1. Choose Point option

Tip: Point Creation toolbar (cheveron) dropdown > expand Point Creation Used to change Point Creation settings, such as, Prompt For Elevations or Prompt For Descriptions. Click (cheveron) again to close.

Create point toolbar examples

Miscellaneous points > Manual

  1. Ribbon > Home tab > Create Ground Data > Points dropdown > Left-click Point Creation Tools > Create Points toolbar > Miscellaneous dropdown > Manual
    1. Specify location of new point: select a location to drop point
    2. Enter a point description: EA (Edge of Asphalt) Enter
    3. Specify a point elevation: 962.31Enter
    4. Repeat steps 1-3 for additional points.
    5. Enter

Intersections > Direction/Distance

For placing points after you have other information available.

Info: Watch what the Command Line asks for.

  1. Ribbon > Home tab > Create Ground Data > Points dropdown > Left-click Point Creation Tools > Create Points toolbar > Intersections dropdown > Direction/Distance
    1. Specify a location for the radial point: (Shift+Right-click), NODE and snap to COGO point
    2. Enter radius: 5Enter
    3. Specify start point: (Shift+Right-click), Node and snap to same COGO point.
    4. Specify Direction at start point: B (Bearing) Enter
    5. Specify quadrant: (3 or select SW of start point.
    6. Specify Bearing: 62.05Enter
    7. Specify an offset: 0Enter
    8. Enter a point description: Bldg CornerEnter
    9. Specify a point elevation: 961.55Enter
    10. Enter
    11. Repeat steps for additional points.
    12. Enter

Alignments > Station offset

  1. Ribbon > Home tab > Create Ground Data > Points dropdown > Left-click Point Creation Tools > Create Points toolbar > Alignment dropdown > Station/Offset
    1. Select alignment: Select alignment (a red-rubberband-line keeps point perpendicular to alignment).
    2. Specify station along baseline: 154Enter
    3. Specify an offset: 12Enter (Negative numbers are left, positive numbers are right of alignment).
    4. Enter a point description: EA (Edge of Asphalt) Enter
    5. Specify a point elevation: 965Enter

    6. Enter

Exercise data:pnt-creat-tl-data-end-c3d20.zip