CVE20001

Civil 3D – Point
Description Keys
Points
Point groups
Civil 3D – Points
 All civil projects start with basic site data, such as
Points data established in the field.
 Managing Points can be challenging due to:
 Large number of points.
 Affect other Civil 3D features such as surface.
 Civil 3D introduces a point organization feature
called point group.
 Points can be imported from a text file or a
Microsoft Access database.
Civil 3D – Description Keys
 Description Keys
 Sort the points as they are created or imported
into a drawing.
 Uses the raw description code of a point to
determine how to process the point.
 Assigns a point style to represent the point node.
 Assigns a label style to control the point labelling.
 Assigns a point description to a point.
 Assigns a point to a specific layer.
Civil 3D – Description Keys
 Creating Description Keys
 Toolspace > Settings tab > Point.
 Right-click Description Key Sets. Click New.
 Enter Name and Description. Click OK.
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 Right click New DescKey Set. Click Edit
Keys.
 The DescKey editor is displayed on the
panorama window.
 Enter the raw description codes,and
specify how Civil 3D handles new points
that have thesecodes.
 All entries in the Code column of the
DescKey Editor are casesensitive.
 Civil 3D – Description Keys
Code Style Point Label Style Format Layer
TR* Tree Point#-Elevation-Description TREE V-NODE-TREE
TB* Standard Point#-Elevation-Description TOP BANK V-NODE
EB* Standard Point#-Elevation-Description EDGE BITUMEN V-ROAD-CURB
FH* Hydrant (existing) Point#-Elevation-Description FIRE HYDRANT V-NODE-WATR
NS Standard Point#-Elevation-Description NS V-NODE
BB* Standard Point#-Elevation-Description BOTTOM BANK V-NODE
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 Creating new points - Manual
 Right-click points menu in Prospector
toolspace and select create. The Create
Points toolbar appears.
 Click the drop down arrow next to the
miscellaneous icon and select Manual.
 The command line will prompt you to
specify location (coordinate), point
description and elevation for the new
point.
 Example:
• Coordinate – 8509.8, 28803.5
• Description – TR1
• Elevation – 416.2
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 A point will be created on screen with a
symbol representing a tree.
 Inserting more points:
Easting Northing Description Elevation
8514.81 28740.88 TB 1 428.9
8427.13 28803.04 EB 401.8
8456.12 28812.12 NS 402.05
8480.07 28798.91 EB 414.6
8492.69 28814.95 FH 1 403.2

 Point list:
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 Editing Points Geometry
 Graphical edits – select point and move graphically.
 Tabular edits – edit point in point list.
 Point edit by selection – selecting and right clicking on a
point or a collection of points enables the option to edit
points.
 Deleting points
 Right click the point that you want to delete in the point list
and select Delete.
 Protecting points
 Right click the point that you want to protect in the point list
and select Lock.
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 Modify the Point Style
 Toolspace > Settings tab > Point > Point Style.
 Right-click on the point style that you want to edit and select
Edit.
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 Modify the Label Style
 Toolspace > Settings tab > Point > Label Style.
 Right-click on the label style that you want to edit and select
Edit.
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 Creating points - Importing
 Points can be imported from external file.
 Limited to ASCII (e.g.: .txt, .csv) and database files.
 Toolspace > Prospector tab > Right click Points > Create.
 Click on import points icon .
 Select the file, choose the correct format.
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 Civil 3D – Point Groups
 Point group manages the points that are used to
build a surface and control the display
characteristics of a collection of points.
 Point group segregates points into categories that
user defines.
 Point group enables user to display only the points
of immediate interest.
 Point groups organise points that are similarly
named (all natural surface points) or are related by
functions (monuments, iron pipes, section corners).
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 Creating a Point Groups
 Toolspace > Prospector tab > Right click Point
Groups > New.
 Enter Name and Description.
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