Points Tutorials; Chapter 3 Points Tutorials; Tutorial: Creating Point Data - Autodesk CIVIL3D - CIVILDESIGNCOMP 2007 SLM CD Tutorials Manual

Points Tutorials

These tutorials will get you started working with coordinate geometry (COGO) points, which
are the basis for modeling land surfaces. These tutorials demonstrate how to import survey
points into a drawing from a database, and how to classify a large set of points into more
manageable groups.
Before you import a large set of points, it is a good idea to structure your drawing environment
so that as the points are created, they are sorted into meaningful groups, with appropriate
styles and other attributes.
NOTE All drawings used in these tutorials are available in the
. If you want to save your work from these tutorials, save the drawings to the
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Tutorial Data folder (page 819)
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Understanding Points.

Tutorial: Creating Point Data

This tutorial demonstrates several useful setup tasks for organizing a large set
of points.
In this tutorial, you will learn about managing a set of points related to
stormwater manholes and detention ponds. You will create description keys
and point groups to sort the points as they are imported into a drawing. Then,
you will import the points from an existing file.
Description keys can help you automate many point-handling tasks at the time
that points are created or imported. A description key uses the raw description
code of a point to determine how to process the point. For example, you can
configure a description key to apply different styles or place points on different
drawing layers.
You can classify a set of points into several point groups, based on the type of
point, elevation, date of creation, source, or other criteria. Then you can run
so that you do not overwrite the original drawings.
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