Use Civil point filters to enter known point information when you are prompted for a point location within a transparent command.
A point filter offers you three ways to specify a point location:
- enter a point number
- enter northing and easting values
- select a point in the active drawing
To activate a point filter, do one of the following:
- Enter the point filter on the command line. You must always begin a transparent command point filter with a period (.).
- Select the point filter from the transparent command filter toolbar. If the toolbar is not displayed, right click any toolbar and select Transparent Command Filters.
The following table lists the point filters available within the Civil transparent commands.
A point filter is active only while you enter a single point location. Control then returns to the main transparent command.
Point filters are available for use only when you are prompted for a point location during the following transparent commands:
- Angle Distance (‘AD)
- Bearing Distance (‘BD)
- Deflection Distance (‘DD)
- Azimuth Distance (‘ZD)
- Station Offset (‘SO)
- Side Shot (‘SS)
When you are working with the .p (point number) point filter, the system searches for the point first within the active drawing, then within the project, if the drawing is attached to a project.
To use a point filter within a transparent command
- When you are prompted for a coordinate location from within a transparent command, do one of the following:
- To specify a point using a point number, enter .p and enter the point number.
- To specify the coordinates from a point object in a drawing, enter .g and select the point.
- To enter a known northing and easting, enter .n and enter the northing and easting values.
- Continue with the transparent command.
