To Export Point Coordinates

Exporting to GSI

To export coordinates to a GSI file

1. In the Maintenance workspace, open an industry model drawing or an enterprise industry model project.
2. Click Home tab > Display panel > Generate Graphic.
3. Select a viewport that contains the points to export.
4. Select the industry model , right-click, and click Export > Coordinate Export.
5. In the Coordinate Export Workflow pane, do the following:
   • Expand the Filter Feature Class control.
   • Under Selected, specify the point feature classes add to the selection method you use.
   • Select a feature class, such as Point.
6. In the workflow pane, click Select In Map .
7. In the drawing, select the points. Press <Enter> to finish the selection.
8. In the Coordinate Export Workflow pane, do the following:
   • Expand the Review And Modify Selection control.

     The explorer displays the selected points.

   • Review, and click OK.
   • Select Export Into File.
9. Select the exporter type GSI Exporter.
10. Select Extend Existing File to append the coordinates to an existing file.
11. Click OK. Enter the export file name, such as PointCoord.
12. Click Save. A log file <coordinate file name>.log) displays the export result. The log file is stored in the same directory as the coordinate file.

Generic Coordinate Export

To select the points to export

1. In the Maintenance workspace, open a project.
2. Click Home tab > Display panel > Generate Graphic.
3. Select a viewport that contains the points to export.
4. Select the industry model , right-click, and click Export > Coordinate Export.
5. In the Coordinate Export Workflow pane, in the coordinate selection pane, do the following:
   • Expand the Filter Feature Class control.
   • Under Selected, specify the point feature classes to add to the selection method you use.
   • Select a feature class, such as Point.
   • Click Select In Map .
6. In the drawing, select the points. Press <Enter> to finish the selection.

   In the workflow pane, the Feature Explorer displays the selected points.

7. Click OK.

   In the Coordinate Export Workflow pane, specify the export options.

   If no Generic Exporter Formats are available, define a format.

To define an export format

1. Select the points to export.

   See the previous procedure.

2. In the Coordinate Export Workflow pane, select Export Into File.
3. Select the Generic Exporter.
4. Under Select Format Definition, click New.
5. In the Format Definition Manager, specify the file format. For example, enter the following values:
   • Definition Name: PointXYZ
   • Default File Extension When Exporting Coordinate Files: txt.
6. Select Parse With Separators.
7. Under Properties, enter a separator, (for example, “!”).
8. Select the point attributes to export, for example:
   • Northing Coordinate
   • Easting Coordinate
   • Identifier
9. Under Index, specify the order of the exported values.

   For example, use the indices 0, 1, 2.

10. Click Save and enter a name for the definition.
11. Click Cancel to close the Format Definition Manager.

Exporting Point Coordinates to a Text File

To export industry model coordinates to a text file

1. In the Maintenance workspace, open a project.
2. Click Home tab > Display panel > Generate Graphic.
3. Select a viewport that contains the points to export.
4. Select the industry model , right-click, and click Export > Coordinate Export.
5. In the Coordinate Export Workflow pane, do the following:
   • Expand the Filter Feature Class control.
   • Under Selected, specify the point feature classes to add to the selection method you use.
   • Select a feature class, such as Point.
   • Click click Select In Map .
6. In the drawing, select the points. Press <Enter> to finish selecting.
7. Click OK.
8. In the Coordinate Export Workflow pane, do the following:
   • Select Export Into File.
   • Select the Generic Exporter.
   • Select the format definition.
   • Select Extend Existing File to append the coordinates to an existing file.
   • Click OK.
9. Enter the name of the coordinate file.
10. Click Save. A log file <coordinate file name>.log) displays the export result. The log file is stored in the same directory as the coordinate file.