Exercise 1: Adding Points to a Project

In this exercise, you will add point data to the project.

To create project points, you first create a drawing that contains the points. When you are ready to share the points with others, you use the Add To Project command to add the points to the project point database. The project points can then be accessed by others.

After you create project points with the Add To Project command, a local copy of the points remains in the drawing. The icons displayed in the points list view indicate the state of a point with respect to the project.

In this exercise, you will add points to the project from the drawing Project-XGND.dwg, which has already been added to the project.

This exercise continues from the Creating, Referencing, and Modifying Project Object Data tutorial.

Add points to the project

1. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand Projects collection Tutorial Vault Project DrawingsSource DrawingsSurfaces folder. Right-click drawing Project-XGND.dwg, and click Open (Read-Only).
2. On the Prospector tab, in the Open Drawings collection, under Project-XGND, click Points to display the points list view.
3. In the points list view, select all the points by clicking the first row and then pressing Ctrl+A.
4. Right-click, and then click Add to Project.

   This operation may take a few moments.

   Note:

   You can also add all points in a drawing to a project by expanding the Point Groups collections, right-clicking the _All Points point group, and clicking Add Points To Project.

5. In the Add To Project dialog box, click OK.
   Note:

   If you are prompted to check out the drawing, click No.

6. In the points lists view, the open lock icon is now displayed next to each point. The icon indicates that it is a project point that is available to be checked out.

To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Checking Out and Modifying Project Points.