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Creating a New Point from a Baseline Using a Station and Offset

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You can create a new point by specifying a station on a baseline, and an offset distance in reference to an existing baseline, with the Station/Offset command.

Note

For parameter descriptions, see the Quick Reference tab.

To create a point by station and offset from the Survey Command Window

  1. In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the network to edit, and click Survey Command Window.
  2. Click Baseline menu Station/Offset.
  3. Enter the point identifier of the point you want to create.
    Note

    If Auto point numbering is on, then the next point number is displayed.

  4. Enter the station of the new point. The station can be a positive or a negative value.
  5. Enter the offset of the new point. The offset can be a positive or a negative value.
  6. Optionally, enter a description of the new point.

To create a point at an offset from a baseline, using the survey command language

  1. In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the network to edit, and click Survey Command Window.
  2. At the Command line, enter:

    BL PT (point 1) [station] (offset) (description)

Command Line Example

NE 1 1000 1000

STN 1

ZD 2 100 121.92

BL IS 1 2 0

BL PT 3 220 15.24

! POINT 3 NORTH: 946.7889 EAST: 1214.0113 ELEV:<Null>

BL PT 4 270 -15.24

! POINT 4 NORTH: 968.1235 EAST: 1268.5445 ELEV: <Null>

Point 3 is offset a distance of 15.24 to the right of the baseline at Station 2+20 and Point 4 is offset a distance of 15.24 to the left of the baseline at Station 2+70. Distances are in the current units, unless you type a qualifying suffix.

Baseline created at an offset distance:


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