Use the window to edit drawing point properties.
Each row in the Point Editor contains the properties for a single point. To edit a point property value, click in the cell containing the property to activate it. If a cell is shaded, you cannot change the value.
These drawing point properties are displayed in the Point Editor and in the drawing Points collection list view:
- Point Number
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Specifies the point number. Point numbers must be unique. Enter an integer.
- Easting
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Specifies a local easting value for the point. If the transformation settings are enabled for the drawing when you edit this value, the corresponding values for grid easting and latitude are automatically updated. Enter a value with up to 12 digits of precision.
- Northing
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Specifies a local northing value for the point. If the transformation settings are enabled for the drawing when you edit this value, the corresponding values for grid northing and longitude are automatically updated. Enter a northing value with up to 12 digits of precision.
- Point Elevation
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Specifies an elevation for the point. Enter an elevation value.
- Name
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Specifies an optional point name, which must be unique within a drawing or a project.
Note: Point names are not case sensitive. - Raw Description
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Specifies a raw description for the point, which is often the description entered by the surveyor in the field. Enter alphanumeric characters. Any character, including a blank, can be used.
- Full Description
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Specifies an expanded description that is created from the raw description using the description format. If a point does not have a description format, the full description is the same as the raw description.
You cannot edit this field directly. The value can be set initially using description key matching. For more information, see About Description Keys. You can update the full description of a single point either by changing the points description format or by changing the points raw description.
- Description Format
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Specifies a format that translates the points raw description into a full description. If a point does not have a description format, the full description is the same as the raw description.
- Grid Easting Grid Northing
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Displays the calculated grid easting and grid northing values for the point, relative to the coordinate zone and the transformation settings specified for the drawing.
- Longitude Latitude
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Displays the latitude and longitude for a point, relative to the coordinate zone and the transformation settings specified for the drawing.
- Scale Factor
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Displays the scale factor value of a point, relative to the coordinate zone and the transformation settings specified for the drawing.
- Convergence
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Displays the convergence value of a point, relative to the coordinate zone and the transformation settings specified for the drawing.
- Point Style
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Specifies the point style for the point. Click in the cell to specify a new point style or remove a point style.
If this field is empty, the point displays using a point style specified by a point group. Also, the point style specified in this field might not be used to display the point in the drawing.
- Point Label Style
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Specifies the point label style for the point. Click in a cell to specify a new point label style or remove the point label style.
If this field is empty, the point uses a point label style specified by a point group. Also, the point label style specified in this field might not be used to display the point in the drawing.
- Point Layer
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Specifies the layer for the point. Click in the cell to display the Layer Selection dialog box.
If this field is empty, the point displays using a layer specified by a point group.
- Project Version
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For project points, specifies the version number of the local copy of the point in the drawing.
- X-Y Scale
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Specifies the X-Y scale factor for the point symbol. This value can be set initially using description key matching.
- Z Scale
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Specifies the Z scale factor for the point symbol. This value can be set initially using description key matching.
- Rotation
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Specifies the rotation value for the point symbol. This value can be set initially using description key matching. Enter a value or click
and pick two points in the drawing to specify the rotation angle.
These point properties are displayed in a project Points collection list view for a project point:
- Point Number, Easting, Northing, Point Elevation, Name, Raw Description
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See the preceding text for descriptions of these properties.
- Version
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Displays the most recent project version for the point.
- Modified By
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Displays the login name of the person who last modified the point.
- Modified Date
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Displays the date when the point was last modified.
- Current State
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Displays the current state of the point with respect to the project.
- Current State By
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Displays the project member who set the points current state.
- Current State Date
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Displays the date the state of the point was last changed.
- Checked-Out Drawing
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If the point is checked out, displays the drawing it is checked out to.
- Checked-Out Host
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If the point is checked out, displays the computer it is checked out to.