Point Groups

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About Point Groups
You can use named collections of points, called point groups, to organize points and to control their appearance in a drawing.
About Point Group Default Styles
Use the Point Group Properties dialog box to specify a default point style and point label style for a point group.
Point Groups Collection (Prospector Tab)
Use the Point Groups collection on the Prospector tab to access point groups in a drawing. As point groups are created, they are listed by their name under the Point Groups collection.
About Using Point Groups to Override Point Properties
Use the Overrides tab on the Point Group Properties dialog box to specify point property override values for the points that belong to the point group.
About Creating Point Groups
You create a point group by defining its properties.
To Create a Point Group Using the Basic Method
To Create a Point Group Using the Query Builder
About Out-of-Date Point Groups
Use the Prospector tab or the Point Groups dialog box to identify out-of-date point groups.
To Update Out-of-Date Point Groups
About Changing the Point Group Display Order
Use the point group display order to specify how points that belong to more than one point group are displayed in a drawing.
To Change the Point Group Display Order
About Locking and Unlocking Point Groups and Point Lists
Use locking to prevent the properties of a point group or point list from being modified in a drawing.
To Lock and Unlock Point Groups
To Lock and Unlock Point Lists
To Specify Case-Sensitive Description Matching for a Point Group
Point Group Queries Reference
You can use the query builder more effectively if you understand the components of a query.
To Create a New Point Group From an Existing Point Group
About Creating a New Point Group From the Import Survey Data Wizard
A new point group is created in the Point Groups collection on the Prospector tab when you import a Survey LandXML file that has survey point groups defined .
To Change the Properties of a Point Group
To Copy Points from One Point Group to Another by Dragging Points
To Delete a Point Group

Parent topic: Points