To Create a Point Using a Station, Offset, and Elevation

You can create a point at a given station, offset, and elevation with respect to the current centerline.

Note: For parameter descriptions, see the Quick Reference tab.

To create a point by station, offset, and elevation from the Survey Command Window

  1. In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the network to edit, and click Survey Command Window.
  2. Click Centerline menu Station/Offset Elevation.
  3. Enter the point number of the point you want to create.
    Note: If Auto point numbering is on, then the next point number is displayed.
  4. Enter the station of the new point. The station can be a positive or a negative value.
  5. Enter the offset of the new point. The offset can be a positive or a negative value.
  6. Enter the elevation for the point.
  7. Optionally, enter a description for the point.

To create a point by station, offset, and elevation, using the survey command language

  1. In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the network to edit, and click Survey Command Window.
  2. At the Command line, enter:

    CL EL (point) [station] [offset] [elevation] (description)

Command Line Example

BEGIN CL1

NE 1 1000 1000

NE 2 1000 1500

NE 3 1300 1700

END

CL IS CL1

CL EL 100 350 45.72 58.7502

! POINT 100 NORTH: 954.2800 EAST: 1350.0000 ELEV: 58.7502