Creating a New Point by Station Offset

To create a point by station offset in the Survey Command Window

1. In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the network to edit, and click Survey Command Window.
2. Click Centerline 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 for the point.

To create a point at an offset, 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:

   CL PT (point 1) [station] (offset) (skew angle) (description)

Command Line Example

BEGIN CL1

NE 1 1000 1000

NE 2 1000 1500

NE 3 1300 1700

END

CL IS CL1

CL PT 100 200

! POINT 100 NORTH: 1000.0000 EAST: 1200.0000 ELEV: <Null>

CL PT 101 450 -91.44

! POINT 101 NORTH: 1091.4400 EAST: 1450.0000 ELEV: <Null>

102 600 152.4 50

! POINT 102 NORTH: 931.7283 EAST: 1572.2198 ELEV: <Null>

Point 100 is located at station 200 with a zero offset. Point 101 is located at station 450 with a left offset distance of 91.44. Point 102 is located at station 600 with a right offset distance of 152.4 and a skew angle of 50.

Note

The point 102 input uses the Ditto command. Angles and distances are in the current units, unless you type a qualifying suffix.

Centerline point created by a station offset: