To Create a Point Along a Survey Centerline Using a Station, Offset, and Elevation

You can create a point at a given station, offset, and elevation with respect to the current centerline.

To create a point by station, offset, and elevation from the Survey Command Window

  1. In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the network to edit, and click Survey Command Window.
  2. Click Centerline menu Station/Offset Elevation.
  3. Enter the point number of the point you want to create.
    Note: If Auto point numbering is on, then the next point number is displayed.
  4. Enter the station of the new point. The station can be a positive or a negative value.
  5. Enter the offset of the new point. The offset can be a positive or a negative value.
  6. Enter the elevation for the point.
  7. Optionally, enter a description for the point.

To create a point by station, offset, and elevation, using the survey command language

  1. In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the network to edit, and click Survey Command Window.
  2. At the Command line, enter:

    CL EL (point) [station] [offset] [elevation] (description)

Command Line Example

BEGIN CL1

NE 1 1000 1000

NE 2 1000 1500

NE 3 1300 1700

END

CL IS CL1

CL EL 100 350 45.72 58.7502

! POINT 100 NORTH: 954.2800 EAST: 1350.0000 ELEV: 58.7502

Command Syntax

CL EL (point) [station] [offset] [elevation] (description)

Parameter Definition
point The identifier of the new point that you want to create. You do not need to assign a point number if auto point numbering is on
station The station of the new point.
offset The perpendicular distance from the centerline to the new point.
elevation The elevation of the new point. Elevations are in the current units, unless you type a qualifying suffix.
description An optional description associated with the point.