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Working with Points

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To create an import/export format and import points (

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Steps

Use

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From the Points menu, choose Import/Export

Points ➤ Import Points to display the Format

Manager - Import Points dialog box.

Import Points into the

COGO Point Database

Select the source format and the file that you

want to import.

Select the Add Points to Point Group check box

to add the imported points to a point group,

then select or create a point group.

Click OK to import the points.

For more information about import/export formats use to look

up “Overview of Importing and Exporting Points” in the online Help.

Setting Up ASCII Files to Import

If you want to set up your own ASCII text files to import, then you

can use Notepad. When you type the point information into

Notepad, be sure that the information for each point has its own

line. You can separate or “delimit” the information for each point

using commas or spaces.

All AutoCAD Land Development Desktop points require point

numbers. If the ASCII text file or Microsoft

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Access database that you

import has no point numbers, then AutoCAD Land Development

Desktop automatically numbers the points sequentially.