SCRIPT not plotting my survey points from Notepad..
if you look ath the example script file, i dont see where they used the names. it looks like its just the X,Y values
CADnoob
<<....so backwards; that it can't take point data being copy-pasted....>>
Whoa........no, no, that’s not true. It's not backwards. You just gotta understand how the program works and how to use it to insert your survey data.
Using AutoCAD to display a survey doesn't simply entail inserting points, it begins by understanding the data and ends with a graphic presentation of how the survey relates to other objects in the real world.
Based on the txt and dwg you've uploaded, here are some observations:
- Your txt file, like all survey data, are points and each individual point represents 'a position' on earth. The positions can be expressed as x,y coordinates. Sometimes those coordinates are accompanied by an elevation which is expressed as a z-value. All coordinates are relative to a specific northing/easting grid (the are hundreds of grids) covering planet earth. There are big global grids and small regional grids. Your txt file appears to be referenced against OSGB 1936 National Grid (Ordinance Survey Great Britain, 1936, meters) also known as EPSG 27700. As you probably know, it covers Great Britain. It won't cover other countries like Australia, South Africa, or Canada. If you don't consider the grid your data is referenced against, your drawing, and all the hard you've put into it, may not harmonize with current and future team members.
- The linework in your dwg isn't scaled correctly. They're too far away from where they should be. As it turns out, your modelspace entities have x- and y-values exactly 1000 times greater than they should be. To fix it, the entire drawing (all drawn objects) must be scaled by a factor of 0.001 (using 0,0 as the basepoint, of course). If you don't scale all the objects by the same factor using the same basepoint, then your map won't fall on the OSGB grid and you'll be left with the objects hanging in some far, far away place, nowhere near the water treatment plant and solar farms in Ferndown.
- Inserting a point with a label using a script isn't a good choice because AutoCAD's point command doesn't provide an opportunity to add a label. To be brutally honest, if labels must be linked to objects, then the point command must be abandoned.
- You have limited options for labels: (a) insert the points individually by inputting coordinate pair-by-coordinate pair....this is your best bet if you want to stay in vanilla Cad b/c it dumbs-down any data, (b) learn coding to write a customized insertion procedure that utilizes your specific coordinate system and can understand the text used in your point descriptions to insert objects with labels, (c) discover another plainvanillaAutoCADcommandthatforumusersneverheardof to insert your points, or (d) use another AutoCAD vertical such as Map3D or Civil3D both of which have commands and procedures specifically developed to understand coordinate geometry so it can accurately insert survey data with (1) a description, (2) an elevation, (3) a point ID number, or any combination of the aforementioned.
Chicagolooper
