POINT LABELS

[MarkvonT]

Once I have uploaded a set of grading points from an excel sheet to AutoCAD, I'd like to know how to label each reference (point) with Z(height). To clarify I have each point on excel with X..Y..Z...I then upload the coordinates to AutoCAD but I would like to know how to automatically label each point with their specific heights.

Thanks,

[pendean]

You need to be using MAP3D or Civil3D variants for that more intuitive ability: the former is free to anyone with an active subscription, the latter requires a new subscription https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nh9UtOPYkg

[LyleHardin]

A plain AutoCAD solution would be to make the point a block with an attribute that would report the Z value.

Then, you can use your Excel sheet to create a script file that inserts the points at the proper coordinates, and enter the attribute value with the z value.

Without testing, your script file made from the Excel sheet would look something like this:

-Insert pointxyz x,y,z 1 0 z   (give or take)

where pointxyz is the block name. x, y, z are the coordinate values of your point. The 1 and 0 are scale and rotation. That last Z value would be filling in the attribute value of the block.  Note that I'm probably missing something because I'm just doing this from memory.

[LyleHardin]

Another option if they already exist in the drawing as points and you don't want to re-insert them is a relatively simple lisp routine to find all the points and enter text next to them that reports the Z value of their coordinate.

I've looked in my arsenal, but I don't have any that do specifically that. 

You could also use your same Excel file to create a script file to just enter Text at that coordinate.

-TEXT x,y,z 0.1 0 Z

Where -TEXT is the command, x,y,z is the coordinate, 0.1 is the size, 0 is the rotation, Z is the elevation value for the text.