CIVILPOINT command

Creates Civil Points.

Icon:

Description

Civil Points are defined in BricsCAD as Civil entities, which are represented by symbols and labels. The graphical representation of Civil points can be defined through Symbol style and Label style. In addition to XYZ coordinates, Civil Points can have a variety of attributes assigned, including point number, point name, raw (field) description and full (expanded) description. You can also add any other attributes to Civil points and display them in the point label style.

Use the Properties panel to edit the properties of an individual point or a group of selected points.

For improved organization, Civil Points can be collected into point groups based on certain criteria determined by filters.

You can use the basic BricsCAD commands to edit Civil Points in a drawing. For example, COPY, COPYCLIP, PASTE, PASTECLIP, MOVE, ROTATE.

You can use Civil Points as input objects for creating a TIN Surface, which is automatically updated when editing points.

Method

There are two methods to insert Civil Points:
  • Insert a single point by specifying its location in a drawing.
  • Import multiple points from an ASCII point file.
    Note: In addition to the basic ASCII file, points can also be imported from a LandXML file using the LANDXMLIMPORT command or converted from Civil 3D drawing using the CIVIL3DIMPORT command.

Options within the command

Specify point location
Allows you to specify the location of a new individual point in a drawing.
Enter point description
Allows you to specify a description for the Civil Point.
Enter point elevation
Allows you to specify an elevation for the Civil Point.
Import points from file
Imports Civil Points from a point file in text file format (TXT), comma-delimited file format (CSV) and any other ASCII format where the point attributes in the columns are separated by any delimiter. You can select multiple point files from the Import Points From Point File dialog box which allows you to import Civil Points from an ASCII point file and to select the appropriate point file format.
Note: The UTF-8, UTF-8-BOM and ANSI encoding are supported when creating Civil Points from point files.
set Style
Allows you to specify a point symbol style when inserting a new point.
Note: More information on point styles and labels can be found in the Working with Civil points article.
?
Lists the names of the available point symbol styles in the Command line.