Export drawing points to an ASCII (text) file or a Microsoft® Access .mdb file.
Before you export points, you must create a point file format that describes the layout of the point data in the point data file. By default, all points in the drawing are exported. To export only selected points, select Limit To Points In Point Group.
A point file format describes how the point data is arranged in the file. For example, in a drawing, point properties include point number, name, description, northing, easting, and elevation. If you want to export only point number, description, and elevation, you must export points using a point file format that defines column names only for point number, description, and elevation.
In addition to exporting point properties, you can also export grid northing, grid easting, latitude, and longitude if a coordinate zone and transformation settings are defined for the drawing.
You can perform a coordinate transformation on the points as you export them. To export the point data so that it is written to the point data file using a different coordinate zone from the current drawing, specify an option that performs a coordinate transformation of the point data as it is exported. To transform the point data, your point file format must have a coordinate zone defined.
You can export either all the points in a drawing or you can export selected drawing points using a point group.