About Resolving Duplicate Point Numbers

Resolve duplicate point numbers when you import an ASCII file by re-naming or re-numbering the points.

When you import an ASCII point file and duplicate points are encountered, a dialog box is displayed with the options for re-naming and re-numbering the duplicate points. You can ignore the duplicate point number(s), or choose to resolve an individual point conflict or all point conflicts.

The point conflict resolution depends on the type of conflict:

• If only the number conflicts, and there is a valid name, then only the name is assigned.
• If only the name conflicts, the name has a sequence number added to the end, for example EOP112.1 or EOP112.2.
• If the number conflicts and the name is blank, the number is used as the name and with a sequence number added to the end of the name. For example, if there is a point 112 and no name assigned, point 112 will be hidden and the point is assigned the name 112.1.
• If the name and number conflict, the number is ignored and a sequence is added to the existing name.

For all resolutions, the original point name and original point number should be as they appear in the file. All offsets are applied before the detection of conflicts. In situations where offsets are used, it is possible to have a name like EOP112.1000.1 if EOP112.1000 is already in the database.

All point conflicts are logged to the Event Viewer where a description of the change is displayed. You can use the links in the Event Viewer to zoom to and edit the point.