When creating a drawing from field surveyed data i start with a text file, insert cogo points and start drafting. My question is there any way to insert a common block to all cogo points within a given paramenter? For example could i insert a block centered on the individual cogo points that were numbered 1-100? Right now i insert my block scale it and copy with a base point to all points. This would be a huge time saver if i could just insert all of the blocks, select them all and scale them all to whatever they need to be.
I see two possibilities:
Don Ireland
Engineering Design Technician
Hi Andy,
If you would like a block inserted on Points by a number range, you should create a Point Style containing the block and then a Point Group defined by the number range. If the new Point Group is the primary group for the point, the points will use the point style with your block.
Then explode. Twice.
Then delete the Point Group definition, or move it below the _All Points group, so it is no longer used, and re-import points from file to get the default "X" markers again.
If you are on 2013 or higher, you could check out our app, which extracts the blocks from the Point objects, rather than exploding them. Just search out "Exact Point Blocks" in the Autodesk Exchange App store.
HTH,
Mike
I think the script file would be best, as these points need to stay in a cogo format (cant explode them) for export at a later date if necessary. Going through the effort of creating another point with the marker i want on a different layer to be exploded in order to give my blocks at the points i want seems like just as much effort as what i do now. Do you have a good reference for creating a script file to do this? I could easly do a save as of my text file with the points 1-100.
The ewxplode option would take an axtra 60 seconds, really not that long.
I have Cogo points (205 points) and I want to insert a block reference on those cogo points .... the cogo points must stay... how can I do this.
and if i have block reference (over 500 points) and I and the add a another block reference on that point how do i do it by keeping both block references?
Hi Naasih,
Welcome to the Autodesk Forums.
There's a good way >>>Here<<<.
Dave
Dave Stoll
Las Vegas, Nevada