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information, see Outputting the Template Point Data to a File or Outputting
Finished Ground Information in this chapter.
The Tplate Points To File command prompts for beginning and ending stations
to determine the range of the output. The default values indicate the entire
alignment.
5 Accept the default beginning and ending stations to determine the range of the
output, or enter new values.
If the end station entered is less than the start station, then a message is
displayed on the command line, stating: the station range you entered is not
valid. Press any key to continue}
The information is written to an ASCII file using the file name indicated. You
can view or edit this file using any ASCII text editor, such as Notepad or
Wordpad.
Outputting Finished Ground Information
The command prompts for the finished surface points to write: either Datum or
Top surface.
To output finished ground information
1 Specify the finished surface points to write:
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Type T for top surface, then enter the top surface number when you are
prompted to do so. You must have created a top surface.
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Type D for datum, then enter the datum number when you are prompted to
do so.
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Type P for Pcodes, so that various points codes can be reported into a file.
Use the Pcodes command to import the selected point codes into the
drawing. When you type P to access this option, the Select Point Codes
dialog box is displayed.
Use this dialog box to use one of the following methods to select the point
codes you want to import into the drawing: Select individual point codes
with your pointing device. Click Select All to select all the point codes. The
Clear All button clears all the point codes you have selected. Click OK when
you have completed the selection set.
These points make use of the Land Development description key feature if
you have the description key option from the Point Creation Settings
command selected, and the point code descriptions are defined in the
description key file. With template point codes you can make use of more
than one point code file. You can have one point code table with
descriptions that are appropriate for plotting with Sheet Manager and you
can set up another file with the descriptions modified to work with the
description keys. All that is required is to use the Edit Point Code Table
command to set the desired table name before importing the template
points, or plotting the sections with Sheet manager.
The Tplate Points To File command prompts for beginning and ending stations
to determine the range of the output. The default values indicate the entire
alignment.