To Use Description Keys When Creating Points

1. Create one or more description key sets containing the description keys you want to use to create the points. For more information, see To Create Description Keys.
2. Specify the description key sets search order. For more information, see To Change the Description Key Sets Search Order.
3. In the Point Creation settings, for Prompt For Descriptions select Manual. For more information, see To Edit the Default Point Creation Settings.
4. Specify the setting that indicates whether your description keys use parameters. See To Control Whether Raw Description Values Are Interpreted as Parameters During Point Creation.
5. Click Home tabCreate Ground Data panelPoints menuPoint Creation Tools.
6. Expand the Create Points dialog box. Expand Points Creation and set the Disable Description Keysvalue to True.
7. Click a command on the toolbar. Follow the prompts to create a point.
8. When prompted for a description, enter the leading element of a raw description that matches the code specified in one of your description keys. If your description key requires parameters to complete the full description or to rotate or translate the symbol, enter the parameters, separated by spaces.

   The point is drawn using the properties specified in the description key, such as point style, point label style, and layer.