Point styles control how point symbols display in a drawing.
Manage point styles the same way you manage all object styles in Autodesk Civil 3D, using the Toolspace Settings tree. In the Settings tree, all objects have a standard object style grouping called an object style collection, which you use to create, edit, copy, and delete the styles for that object.
When defining a point style, select from a set of default point symbols, or create a point symbol using an AutoCAD Block. For more information about creating an AutoCAD Block, see AutoCAD Help.
Assign a point style to a drawing point either when you create the point or import the point. Use either the Prospector Points list view or the Point Editor to change the point style. The point style referenced by a point is not necessarily the point style used to display the point in the drawing.
A point can directly reference two styles:
- Point Style. Defines how a point symbol is displayed in the drawing. To change a point symbol, either edit the point style or change the point so that it references a different point style.
- Point Label Style. Defines how a point is labeled in the drawing. To change the way a point is labeled, you can either edit the point label style or change the point so that it references a different point label style.
The point style determines the appearance of the point symbol, and the point label style determines how the point is labeled:
Although an individual point can reference a point style and a point label style, when possible, you will want to use point groups to control the display of point symbols and point labels for points sharing similar characteristics.