Sets the PointName property for a single CogoPoint.
Namespace: Autodesk.Civil.DatabaseServicesAssembly: AeccDbMgd (in AeccDbMgd.dll) Version: 13.3.1717.0
Syntax
C#
public ObjectId SetPointName( ObjectId pointId, string name )
Visual Basic
Public Function SetPointName ( _ pointId As ObjectId, _ name As String _ ) As ObjectId
Visual C++
public: ObjectId SetPointName( ObjectId pointId, String^ name )
Parameters
- pointId
- Type: ObjectId
The ObjectId of the point you want to set the PointName property for.
- name
- Type: System.String
Return Value
If the method succeeds, it returns the same ObjectId pointId passed in. If the method fails, it returns ObjectId.Null.Examples

1// _civildoc is the active CivilDocument instance. 2// 3CogoPointCollection cogoPoints = _civildoc.CogoPoints; 4ObjectId pointId = cogoPoints.Add(new Point3d(100, 100, 50)); 5 6// set for single point 7if (cogoPoints.SetPointName(pointId, "Point Name") == ObjectId.Null) 8 write("SetPointName failed.\n"); 9 10Point3dCollection points = new Point3dCollection(); 11points.Add(new Point3d(50, 50, 25)); 12points.Add(new Point3d(200, 200, 15)); 13ObjectIdCollection pointIds = cogoPoints.Add(points); 14List<ObjectId> pointIdList = GetListFromCollection(pointIds); 15 16List<string> names = new List<string>(); 17for (int i = 0; i < pointIdList.Count; i++) 18 names.Add("Point Name " + i); 19 20// set multiple points to multiple descriptions 21ObjectIdCollection success = cogoPoints.SetPointName(pointIdList, names); 22write(String.Format("SetPointName success for {0} of {1} points\n", 23 success.Count, pointIdList.Count));

1' _civildoc is the active CivilDocument instance. 2' 3Dim cogoPoints As CogoPointCollection = _civildoc.CogoPoints 4Dim pointId As ObjectId = cogoPoints.Add(New Point3d(100, 100, 50)) 5 6' set for single point 7If cogoPoints.SetPointName(pointId, "Point Name") = ObjectId.Null Then 8 write("SetPointName failed." & vbLf) 9End If 10 11Dim points As New Point3dCollection() 12points.Add(New Point3d(50, 50, 25)) 13points.Add(New Point3d(200, 200, 15)) 14Dim pointIds As ObjectIdCollection = cogoPoints.Add(points) 15Dim pointIdList As List(Of ObjectId) = GetListFromCollection(pointIds) 16 17Dim names As New List(Of String)() 18For i As Integer = 0 To pointIdList.Count - 1 19 names.Add("Point Name " & i) 20Next 21 22' set multiple points to multiple descriptions 23Dim success As ObjectIdCollection = cogoPoints.SetPointName(pointIdList, names) 24write([String].Format("SetPointName success for {0} of {1} points", success.Count, pointIdList.Count))