This dialog box is displayed after selecting the Point button in the Code Table Editor accessed via the Tables/Code Table commands.
The dialog box is used to view or edit the point attributes stored against the currently selected feature code in the currently selected code table.
Note that points imported into the system with a feature code defined in the selected code table will be imported with the point attributes as defined in that code table.
Further, the point attribute settings stored in a code table may be easily accessed via the feature code to quickly predetermine the attributes that are to be applied to new points being created or existing points being edited.
Refer to the Concepts/Tables topic for a more detailed description of the benefits and uses of code tables.
| Item | Used to |
| Code Table: | Display the name of the code table currently selected for editing. |
| Code: | Display the feature code currently selected for editing in that code table. |
| Group: | Key in or select the group attribute. If a new group is entered, that group will be created when the OK button is selected. |
| XY: | Select the rounding for XY (East and North) co-ordinates. Three types of XY rounding (1, 2, and 3) are definable using the Utilities/Configure/Co-ordinates command. A setting of zero means that rounding will not be applied. Refer also to the Co-ordinate rounding topic. |
| Z: | Select the rounding for Z co-ordinates (Elevations). Three types of Z rounding (1, 2, and 3) are definable using the Utilities/Configure/Co-ordinates command. A setting of zero means that rounding will not be applied. Refer also to the Co-ordinate rounding topic. |
| Desc: | Edit the point description attribute. The description may be up to 26 characters. |
| Colour: | Select the colour number attribute. |
| Elevation | Toggle the point elevation attribute. The setting of this attribute has no affect on whether elevations are imported into the system. If a point being imported has an elevation, then the elevation will be imported regardless of this setting. If active, elevations may be entered whenever points are created using the Create Menu. |
| Contourable: | Toggle the point contourable attribute. Only those points with this attribute active can be used in model formation for contouring and volume calculations. |
| Symbol | |
| Symbol 1 > > | Select point symbol 1. |
| Symbol 2 > > | Select point symbol 2. Each point may have none, one or two symbols. Refer to the Symbol Library dialog box. If only symbol 1 is set, then Dimension 1 is used as the height and Dimension 2 is used as the width of the symbol. If both symbol 1 and symbol 2 are set, then Dimension 1 is used as the height and width of symbol 1 and Dimension 2 is used as the height and width of the symbol 2. A typical example of using two symbols on one point would be one symbol for a tree's foliage and another for the tree trunk. |
| Plan | Set plan units for symbol dimensions. The symbol dimensions will then be in millimetres (or inches) when output from the system to a CAD drawing. Use plan units for symbols that are to be shown at a fixed size regardless of the scale to be used in the CAD drawing. An example of such a symbol could be a permanent survey mark. |
| Ground | Set ground units for symbol height or width. The symbol dimensions will then be in metres (or feet) on the ground and scaled accordingly when output from the system to a CAD drawing. Use ground units for symbols that are to be drawn to scale. An example of such a symbol could be a tree of certain diameter as shown in the dialog box. |
| Dimension 1: | Key in the height (Y dimension) of the symbol. |
| Dimension 2: | Key in the height (X dimension) of the symbol. If only symbol 1 is set, then Dimension 1 is used as the height and Dimension 2 is used as the width of the symbol. If both symbol 1 and symbol 2 are set, then Dimension 1 is used as the height and width of symbol 1 and Dimension 2 is used as the height and width of symbol 2. Direc: Key in the direction of the symbol in decimal degrees, mathematical convention. For example a direction of 45° will cause the symbol to be rotated anticlockwise by 45° from the direction shown in the symbol library. |
| OK: | Close the dialog box and temporarily save any changes to the dialog box settings. Control is returned to the Code Table Editor dialog box and any changes made can then be saved to the code table by using the Update button. |
| Cancel: | Close the dialog box without saving any changes to the settings. |