You can use the Create Points dialog box to create points using a variety of methods.
For standardization, you can use a drawing template that contains point settings, point styles, and point label styles.
The highest point number allowed in Civil 3D is 4,294,967,295. You can use point names or User Defined Properties to reference numbers greater than 4,294,967,295. For more information, see Using Custom Properties with Points.
In the Create Points dialog box, choose commands from the following lists:
- Miscellaneous
- Intersection
- Alignments
- Surface
- Interpolate
- Slope
- Import Points
You can expand the Create Points dialog box to access the settings that are relevant to point creation. If you change the settings in this dialog box the changes are reflected in the CreatePoints command settings. For more information, see Edit Point Settings Dialog Box.
You can also use the Civil transparent commands in combination with the Create Points Manual command to create points using known information such as angle and distance. For more information about the Civil transparent commands, see Transparent Commands.
You can use description key substitution while creating drawing points to automatically assign point style, point label style, layer, full description, and scale and rotation of the point symbol. For more information, see Understanding Description Keys.
Topics in this section
- Before You Create Points
Save time and effort by considering certain issues before creating points.
- Creating Points Using Miscellaneous Methods
Use the icons in the Miscellaneous list to access commands that are commonly used for creating points.
- Creating Points at Intersections
Use the icons in the Intersection list to access commands that you can use for creating points at intersections.
- Creating Points Based on Horizontal Alignments
Use the icons in the Alignment list to access commands that you can use to create points relative to a horizontal alignment.
- Creating Points Based on Surface Elevations
Use the icons in the Surface list to access commands that you can use to create points using surface elevations.
- Creating Points by Interpolation
Use the icons in the Interpolate list to access commands that you can use to create interpolated points between selected points.
- Creating Points Based on Slope
Use the icons in the Slope list to access commands that you can use to create points based on slope and grade intersections, elevations, and distances.
- Creating Points by Importing Point Data
Creates points by importing point data from a file.
- Creating Points Using the Civil Transparent Commands
Use the Civil transparent commands to create points.