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Creating Points at the Geometry Points of Alignments

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Creates a point at every geometry point on an alignment.

Geometry points are points of curvature (PC), points of tangency (PT), spiral-curves (SC), curve-spirals (CS), tangent spirals (TS), spiral-tangents (ST), and points of intersection (PI).

When creating points using this command, you are not prompted for a description if the Prompt For DescriptionsPoints Creation setting is set to Automatic-Object. The raw and full description for the point is automatically assigned based on the type of point created. The assigned description displays in the drawing if the current point label style contains a raw description or a full description text component.

The following table describes alignment vertex labels that are created and the description that is assigned based on the point type:

Created Label

Definition

BOA

Beginning of Alignment

PI

Point of Intersection

CPI

Curve Point of Intersection

PT

Point of Tangency

PC

Point of Curvature

SPI

Spiral Point of Intersection

TS

Tangent-Spiral intersection

CS

Curve-Spiral intersection

ST

Spiral-Tangent intersection

CC

Curve Center or radius point

EOA

End of Alignment

Point settings, styles, layers, point groups, and description keys can all affect how a point is created or how it is displayed in the drawing. For more information, see Before You Create Points.

To create points at the geometry points of alignments

  1. Select settings and create styles, layers, point groups, and description keys. For more information, see Before You Create Points.
  2. Home tab Create Ground Data panel Points menu Create Points - Alignments At Alignment Geometry .
  3. Select an alignment.
    Note

    If the selected alignment has associated profiles, the Select a Profile dialog box displays. You can select a profile from the list and the elevations for the points you create will be set from that profile. If there is no profile section for a station on the alignment, or if you select <none>, the point elevation will be set according to the Points Creation settings in the Create Points dialog box.

  4. Enter the starting station or press Enter to accept the default.
  5. Enter the ending station or press Enter to accept the default.

    Points are placed along the alignment object.

  6. If prompted, for each point, enter a point name and elevation.

    The created points are automatically labeled using the current label style. If the current label style contains either a raw description or a full description text component, the vertex type displays in the label.

    Note

    If you want the point description to be taken from the object, specify Automatic - Object in the Prompt For Descriptions section of the Points Creation settings. The alignment name and station display in the Raw Description column in the Point Editor.

Note

Many factors affect how the point is displayed. For more information, see Controlling the Appearance of Points in a Drawing.

Ribbon

Home tab Create Ground Data panel Points menu Create Points - Alignments At Alignment Geometry

Menu

Points menuCreate Points - AlignmentsAt Geometry PointsAt the Command prompt, enter CreatePointAtPcPtScEtc

Toolspace Context Menu

Prospector tab: right-click Points collection Create

Command Line

CreatePointAtPtPcScetc

Dialog Box

Create Points


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