Centerline Commands

2012-03-14

Product Documentation

Intermediate

The following table lists the centerline-related AutoCAD Civil 3D survey commands and briefly describes their functionality.

Note

These commands must be entered in the Survey Command Window. For more information, see Survey Command Window.

Command	Description
CL IS [figure] (station) (point)	Defines a centerline
CL INV [point 1] (point 2)	Displays point data in reference to the current centerline
CL PT (point) [station] (offset) (skew angle) (description)	Creates a new point by station offset
CL PT BY [point] [station 1] [offset] [distance] (station 2) (description)	Creates points at an increment along the centerline
CL ELEV (point) [station] [offset] [elevation] (description)	Creates a point by station, offset, and elevation
CL ROD (point) [station] [offset] [rod] (description)	Creates a point using station, offset and rod height
CL VD (point) [station] [offset] [vertical distance] (description)	Creates a point along a centerline using a vertical distance
HI [elevation]	Defines the height of instrument
XS [station]	Sets the current cross section station
XS ELEV (point) [offset] [elevation] (description)	Creates a point with offset and elevation from the current cross section
XS ROD (point) [offset] [rod] (description)	Creates a point by offset and rod height from the current cross section
XS VD (point) [offset] [vertical distance] (description)	Creates a point by offset and vertical distance from the current cross section