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Editing the Point Identity Settings

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Before creating or importing points, specify the settings that control how the points are numbered and how point number collisions are handled.

If you import points from an external file, and the points in your point data file do not have point numbers, use the Point Identity settings to control how the points are numbered as they are imported.

If you import points from an external file, and the points in your point data file have point numbers, specify how point number conflicts are resolved if the point file contains a point number that already exists. The following example shows how the If Point Numbers Already Exists settings resolves conflicts when your point data file contains a point number that already exists:

Example: If you have a point in the drawing with the following properties:

  • Number: 23
  • Northing: 500
  • Easting: 500
  • Elevation: 70.5
  • Description: IP

You import a point data file containing a point with the same point number, but different properties, as follows:

  • Number: 23
  • Northing: 502.18
  • Easting: 498.65

If you set the If Point Number Already Exists setting to Overwrite before you import the point file, the point in the drawing becomes:

Number: 23 Northing: 502.18 Easting: 498.65 Elevation: blank Description: blank

All properties are overwritten, even properties that aren’t defined in the point data file, such as elevation and description.

If you set the If Point Number Already Exists setting to Merge before you import the point file, the point in the drawing becomes:

Number: 23 Northing: 502.18 Easting: 498.65 Elevation: 70.5 Description: IP

The number, northing, and elevation are overwritten, but the elevation and description in the drawing are preserved.

To edit the Point Identity settings

  1. Open the Edit Point Settings dialog box using one of the following methods:
    • Click Home tabCreate Ground Data panelPoints menuPoint Creation Tools. Expand the Create Points dialog box. Expand Points Creation.
    • Edit settings for a specific command: In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand the Commands collection under the Point collection. Right-click the desired command and click Edit Command Settings.
  2. If needed, scroll the dialog box to Point Identity and expand the collection.
  3. To specify point names and point numbers and to resolve duplicate point names and point numbers, edit the following settings:
    • Next Point Number
    • Use Sequential Numbering
    • Point Number Offset
    • Sequence Point Numbers From
    • If Point Numbers Are Supplied
    • Force Names
    • If Point Numbers Already Exist
    • If Point Names Already Exist
    • If Point Numbers Need To Be Assigned
  4. Click OK.

Ribbon

Click Home tabCreate Ground Data panelPoints menuPoint Creation Tools. Expand the Create Points dialog box. Expand Points Creation.

Toolspace Context Menu

Settings tab: right-click Point collection Edit Feature Settings

OR

Settings tab: Point Commands collection right-click <command> Edit Command Settings

Command Line

ShowPointSettings

Dialog Box

Point Settings


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