- Select settings and create styles, layers, point groups, and description keys.
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- Select an alignment.
Note: If the selected alignment has associated profiles, the Select a Profile dialog box is displayed. You can select a profile from the list and the elevations for the points you create will be set from that profile. If there is no profile section for a station on the alignment, or if you select <none>, the point elevation will be set according to the Points Creation settings in the Create Points dialog box.
- Enter the starting station or press Enter to accept the default.
- Enter the ending station or press Enter to accept the default.
Points are placed along the alignment object.
- If prompted, for each point, enter a point name and elevation.
The created points are automatically labeled using the current label style. If the current label style contains either a raw description or a full description text component, the vertex type displays in the label.
Note: If you want the point description to be taken from the object, specify Automatic - Object in the Prompt For Descriptions section of the Points Creation settings. The alignment name and station display in the Raw Description column in the Point Editor.