Import point data from an ASCII (text) file or a Microsoft® Access .mdb file into a drawing.
Importing points, such as survey point data collected by a data collector, is a quick and effective way to place points into a drawing.
Before you import points, you must create a point file format that describes the layout of the point data in the point data file.
For more information, see About Point File Formats.
You can add the imported points to a point group, make adjustments to the data as it is imported, including elevation adjustments, coordinate transformation, or coordinate data expansion, encounter how the imported points are numbered as they are created.
Tutorial Exercise: Importing Points from a Database
After you have specified a point file, the Specify Point File Format list is filtered by the file types that are potential matches for the file that you selected.
Based on the specified point file format, the selected point file is parsed and a preview is displayed in the Preview area.
The display of the Preview area changes to reflect the currently selected point file format and the contents of the selected point file.