Technical data

Chapter 3 Working with COGO Points
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To create description keys (
continued
)
Steps
Use
to look up
27
Pick the location for a new point.
28
When you are prompted for the description,
type
UP1A
.
The description, UP1A, and the utility pole
symbol are placed with the point, and the
point and the symbol are placed on the
specified layers.
For more information about description keys use to look up
“Overview of Description Keys” in the online Help.
Working with External Data References
(XDRefs)
If you want to override data that is in the point database when using
point groups, or if you want to label points with information other
than what is available in the point database, then you can use
External Data References, or XDRefs. An XDRef is a link to a column
of data in a Microsoft

Access database.
For example, if you have borehole data that you want to label your
points with, you can add the data to an Access file, create the XDRefs,
and then label the points with the data. Or you can use the point
object as a database display object for information other than point
data. For example, you can label the point or override point data with
database information such as the abutting names and addresses, or
parcel areas. You must create an XDRef for each column of data that
you want to use.