You can use description keys to automatically control point appearance and some point properties when creating or importing a point into a drawing.
Use description keys to automatically do the following when the drawing point is created:
- Specify a point style, label style, and a layer for the point.
- Specify scale and rotation of the point symbol.
- Translate the raw description for the point into a full description.
Tutorial Exercise: Creating Description Keys
Topics in this section
- Understanding Description Keys
Before using description keys to create points, you should understand the contents of a description key and how the raw description for a point is used to match a description key.
- Description Key Sets Collection (Settings Tree)
You can use the Description Key Sets collection in the Settings tree to create and manage description key sets.
- Description Key Settings
Control whether description keys are matched when points are created or imported, and whether the elements in a raw description are interpreted as parameters.
- Description Key Properties
Each description key property performs a distinct function during description key matching and point creation.
- Managing Description Keys
You can use the Settings tree to manage description keys.
- Creating Description Keys
You can use the DescKey Editor to create new description keys and to copy description keys.
- Editing Description Keys
You can use the DescKey Editor to edit and delete description keys.