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Managing Points
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Adding a Utility Pole Description Key
The following example shows how you can create a description key
using a symbol included with AutoCAD Land Development Desktop.
The scenario: You want to create points that represent utility poles
and use a prefix of “UP” for all these points. For example, UP5A,
UP4B, and so on.
By using wild card characters, you do not need to create a description
key for each point description—you just create a description key that
references the “UP” prefix.
To create description keys
Steps
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1
From the Points menu choose Point Settings to
display the Point Settings dialog box.
Change the Point
Insertion Settings
2
Click the Insert tab.
3
Under Search Path for Symbol Block
drawing files, click Browse, and locate the
following folder.
c:\Program Files\Land Desktop R2\data\ symbol manager\cogo
4
Click OK.
5
From the Points menu, choose Point
Management ➤ Description Key Manager
to display the Description Key Manager
dialog box.
Overview of Using the
Description Key Manager