Description Keys

[spratorius]

I'm trying to make a description key set for our surveyors and am running into a problem with one description. For an iron rod they will use the description CH*IR 3/8 W/CAP. I cannot get the point to come in using the right point and label styles. I'm sure it's something easy that I'm overlooking, but I'm stumped. Thanks.

[MikeEvansUK]

i think that the * is confusing it and should be removed.

Not really sure what you mean with the description key set here, can you explain the logic in "CH*IR 3/8 W/CAP" in terms of Key Code / $1 / $2 / Desc ?

[spratorius]

That's just the format that the surveying company uses. I thought about the * throwing things off too, and removed it from the point file before importing, but that didn't work either. I'll keep working at it.

[rl_jackson]

The forward slash is a field escape (in statdard linework code set) so it's not reading anything after the slash.

You may need to adjust the linework code set to suit your needs.

[IanMcClain]

What is the exact code you are using in your description key?

[Jay_B]

Have you looked at the instructions for Description Key Format ?

As an example if you setup a Desc Key format of CH $+ the resulting description becomes CH IR 3/8 W/CAP.

We use above format for desc key format, this way it captures all after the / as described below and appends it to the description.

This happens if the ascii file contains the field code escape / (default in linework code set for Field code escape) used to append comments to description and would be entered as  CH/ IR 3/8 W/CAP.

The forward  slashes in your example will not work unless you customized the Linework Code Set to use a different character than /. One possibility would be to use an underscore such as CH IR 3_8 W_CAP.

The software is using this character for the Field code escape.