Technical data

Introduction

Point Appearance: Markers and Labels

When you create points, you have the option of displaying point

markers, point labels, or both. Think of point markers as a working

mode for points. Then when you are ready to label the points and

insert description key symbols, use point labels.

Point markers can stay the same size relative to the AutoCAD graphics

window, or they can be a fixed size in the drawing. The following

illustration shows point markers that are sized relative to the graphics

window zoom level.

Point markers include a point marker node and point marker text for

point number, description, and elevation. While you must use labels

to achieve full description key substitution, you can substitute full

descriptions for raw descriptions using point markers.

In contrast, point labels can label any number of items. You can

customize point labels to display any type of information about points

you like. You can label points with data from external databases by

using External Data References (XDRefs). You can also set up point

label styles that perform description key substitution.

For more information about point markers, see “Changing the Point

Marker Settings” in this chapter. For more information about

description keys and point labels, see “Working with Description

Keys” in this chapter.