To Create a Point Along a Survey Centerline Using a Chainage, Offset, and Level

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

To create a point by station, offset, and level 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 Chainage/Offset Level.
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 level for the point.
7. Optionally, enter a description for the point.

To create a point by station, offset, and level, 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] [level] (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 LEVEL: 58.7502

Command Syntax

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

Parameter	Definition
point	The identifier of the new point that you want to create. You do not need to assign a point number if auto point numbering is on
station	The station of the new point.
offset	The perpendicular distance from the centerline to the new point.
level	The level of the new point. Levels are in the current units, unless you type a qualifying suffix.
description	An optional description associated with the point.