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Creating Points at Specified Coordinates

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Creates a point at specified or selected location in the drawing.

Enter X, Y (and Z, if prompted) coordinates at the command line, or click a location in the drawing.

For more information, see Specifying Locations in a Drawing

To create points at specified coordinates

  1. Select settings and create styles, layers, point groups, and description keys. For more information, see Before You Create Points.
  2. Click Home tabCreate Ground Data panelPoints MenuCreate Points - MiscellaneousManual .
    Note

    You can also use transparent commands to specify point locations within a larger operation, such as the creation of an alignment or a parcel lot line. Using transparent commands, you can calculate the location for a point from information such as angle and distance, or from point object information, such as a point number. For more information, see Transparent Commands

  3. Specify the location for the point in the drawing. For more information, see Specifying Locations in a Drawing.
  4. If prompted, enter the point name, description, and elevation.
  5. Press Enter to end the command.
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 - Miscellaneous Manual

Menu

Points menuCreate Points - MiscellaneousManual

Toolspace Context Menu

Prospector tab: right-click Points collection Create

Command Line

CreatePointManual

Dialog Box


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