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Creating Points by Station and Offset

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Intermediate

Creates a point at a specified station and offset distance from a line, polyline, feature line, lot line, or arc.

Use the station and the offset to specify the location of the point.

To create points by station and offset

  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 - Miscellaneous Station/Offset Object .
  3. Select a line, polyline, feature line, lot line, or arc.
  4. Enter the starting station or press Enter to accept the default.

    The ending station is automatically calculated.

  5. Enter the station at which you want to create the point or press Enter to accept the default.
  6. Enter the offset distance.
  7. If prompted, enter the point name, description, and elevation.
  8. 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 Station/Offset Object

Menu

Points menuCreate Points - MiscellaneousStation/Offset ObjectAt the Command prompt, enter CreatePtStationOffsetObj

Toolspace Context Menu

Prospector tab: right-click Points collection Create

Command Line

CreatePtStationOffsetObj

Dialog Box


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