About Using Point Filters Within Transparent Commands

Use point filters to enter known point information when you are prompted for a point location within a transparent command.

A point filter offers you three ways to specify a point location:

To activate a point filter, do one of the following:

The following table lists the point filters available within the Civil transparent commands.

To specify a location using this information...

Enter this point filter...

Or click this icon on the Transparent Commands ribbon tab or the Transparent Command Filters Toolbar

point number

.p

a point in a drawing

.g

known northing and easting

.n

A point filter is active only while you enter a single point location. Control then returns to the main transparent command.

Point filters are available for use only when you are prompted for a point location during the following transparent commands:

When you are working with the .p (point number) point filter, the system searches for the point first within the active drawing, then within the project, if the drawing is attached to a project.