Creates points at equally spaced intervals along an alignment.
Specify the distance between points, and optionally an offset distance from the alignment.
- 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.
- Enter the offset. If you have selected a profile, the offset value for the profile displays as the default.
- Enter the interval.
Points are placed along the alignment at the specified offset and interval.
- If prompted, for each point, enter a point name, description, and elevation.
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.