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Creating a Point Using a Station, Offset, and Elevation

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Intermediate

You can create a point at a given station, offset, and elevation with respect to the current centerline.

Note

For parameter descriptions, see the Quick Reference tab.

To create a point by station, offset, and elevation 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 Centerline menu Station/Offset Elevation.
  3. Enter the point number 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. Enter the elevation for the point.
  7. Optionally, enter a description for the point.

To create a point by station, offset, and elevation, 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 EL (point) [station] [offset] [elevation] (description)

Command Line Example

BEGIN CL1

NE 1 1000 1000

NE 2 1000 1500

NE 3 1300 1700

END

CL IS CL1

CL EL 100 350 45.72 58.7502

! POINT 100 NORTH: 954.2800 EAST: 1350.0000 ELEV: 58.7502


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