Exercise 2: Changing the Style of a Point Group

In this exercise, you will change the style of a point group. Point styles can help you distinguish the points more easily from other points in the drawing.

This exercise continues from Exercise 1: Displaying an Externally Referenced Drawing.

Change the style of a point group

Note:

This exercise uses Points-2.dwg and Existing Basemap.dwg with the modifications you made in the previous exercise.

1. Zoom in to the upper left area of the screen where you can clearly see the labels for several POND points and one or more STORM MH points. Notice that both types of points use the same marker style (X).
2. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, right-click the point group _All Points. Click Properties.
3. In the Point Group Properties dialog box, on the Information tab, change the Point Label Style to <none>.
4. Click OK.

   Labels for all points that do not have a label style set in another point group are hidden. The point markers are still visible because markers are controlled by the point style, which you did not change.

5. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, right-click the point group Storm Manholes. Click Properties.
6. In the Point Group Properties dialog box, on the Information tab, change the Point Style to Storm Sewer Manhole.
7. Click OK.

   The stormwater manhole points are now marked with the symbol defined in the Storm Sewer Manhole point style.

To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Changing Point Group Display Order.