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Outputting and Importing Template Points
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The following illustration shows imported finished ground points:
Imported template point codes detail
Outputting the Template Point Data to a File
To write the template points data to a file, use the Tplate Points To File
command on the Cross Sections menu. This command creates an output that is
80 characters wide. The file contains the station, offset, and elevation
information for each point.
To write the template points data to a file that contains the station, offset, and
elevation information for each point
1
Configure the output settings, if you haven't done so already. The Tplate Points
To File command ignores the Screen and File check boxes in the Output Settings
dialog box because it always sends information to a file.
2
From the Cross Sections menu, choose Point Output ä Tplate Points To File.
The command prompts you for an output file name.
3
Type an output file name, or press ENTER to accept the default.
Type the path and give the file the extension *.txt, for example, c:\Program
Files\Land Desktop R2\output.txt). The default is based on the file name
entered in the output settings and the default folder, which is the install folder
of Land Development Desktop.
NOTE
If you are using multiple surfaces, the Tplate Points To File command prompts for
the existing ground surface name to process. From the Surface Selection dialog box,
choose the name of the surface to process. The command then adds template
points to the drawing when it is importing existing ground data. Otherwise, the
command prompts for the points either on the existing ground or the finished
ground surface, or both surfaces to write to a file. When there is only one existing
ground surface, the Surface Selection dialog box does not display because the
Autodesk Civil Design program selects the existing ground surface automatically.
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Do one of the following to write to the file:
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Type E to use the existing ground surface.
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Type F to use the finished ground.
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Type B to use both surfaces.
If you are outputting existing ground information only, continue on. If you are
outputting the points on either two surfaces or only the finished ground