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Chapter 3 Working with COGO Points
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The point label style controls whether description key matching is on
or off, whether full descriptions are substituted for raw descriptions,
and whether description key symbols are inserted. The following
illustration shows the options on the Point Label Styles tab (select
Labels ➤ Edit Label Styles) that control the description keys.
Description Keys and Point Settings
If you set points manually, and you want to use description key
substitution, then you should select the Manual option under
Descriptions on the Create tab of the Point Settings dialog box, unless
all of the points have the same description key code. When you are
prompted for a point’s description, type the description key code.
You do not need to select this setting if you are importing points from
a file.
Key Concepts
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All drawings within a project can use the description keys that you
set up, so multiple people working across a network all have access
to the same key codes.
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Description keys are saved to external files. Each project can have
multiple description key files.
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You can save description key files to prototypes so that you can
load them into new projects.
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You can use wild card characters when you create description keys.
Wild cards expand the flexibility of description keys. For example,
if you create a description key named T*, then any point whose
description starts with T, such as Topo, T-1, T2, is assigned the
description key symbol.