Compare Points to Shapes

Description

Show a report that compares points to shapes.

Access

View / Report / Compare / Points to Shapes

Requirements

Controls

The following can be used to control and customise the report:

Control	Description
Title	Type the title to display in the report.
Default	Click the button to display the default title for the report.
Match vertical	Select the checkbox to: Specify a Vertical distance in the search criteria. Specify a vertical tolerance.
Search distances: Horizontal	Type the horizontal distance to search for shapes.
Search distances: Vertical	Type the vertical distance to search for shapes.
Tolerances:	Select the checkbox to enable the tolerance boxes. In the report, differences not within the Tolerances display red.
Distance Type	Horizontal : Type the horizontal distance tolerance. 3D Distance : Type the three dimensional distance tolerance.
Vertical	Type the vertical tolerance. Note: Available when you select the Match vertical checkbox and configure the distance type to Horizontal.
Use comparison project	Select the checkbox if the shapes to compare are in a different project.
	Browse to the project that contains the shapes to compare.
	Move the selected item up in the list.
	Move the selected item down in the list.
OK	Show the comparison report.
Cancel	Cancel without running the command.

Select the checkbox to include the columns in the report.

Column	Description
Point Name	Name of the points.
Point Id	Unique Id of the points.
Point Layer	Layer of the points.
Point Easting	Easting of the points.
Point Northing	Northing of the points.
Point Height	Height of the points.
Shape Name	Name of the Shape.
Shape Id	Unique Id of the shape.
Shape Layer	The shapes layer.
Shape Easting	Easting of the location on the shape where the perpendicular offset to the point is computed. Note: Use in conjunction with the 3D Offset.
Shape Northing	Northing of the location on the shape where the perpendicular offset or 3d distance to the point is computed. Note: Use in conjunction with the 3D Offset.
Shape Height	Height of the location on the shape where the perpendicular offset to the point is computed. Note: Use in conjunction with the 3D Offset.
Horizontal Distance	Horizontal distance from the nearest surface on the shape.
Vertical Distance	Vertical distance from the nearest surface on the shape.
3D Offset	Perpendicular offset from the shape to the point.
3D Distance	The minimum 3D distance from the shape to the point.

Notes

Values are from the shape to the selected point.
A negative vertical distance indicates the selected point is below the nearest surface.
Clear the Use Comparison Project checkbox to compare selected points with unselected shapes within the search criteria in the current project.
Select the Use Comparison Project checkbox to compare the selected points with all shapes within the search criteria in the comparison project.
Differences not within the specified tolerance are displayed in the report in red.
Only selected points will attempt to have comparison shapes located and reported on.
Only shapes that are displayed will be considered for comparison with the selected points.
The shortest Horizontal Distance, Vertical Distance, 3D Offset and 3D Distance to the shape is reported.
The 3D distance tolerance is used for both 3d offsets and 3d distances.
Selected columns will be shown in the defined order.
Press Shift + Ctrl then click to move the column to the top of the list.
Press Shift + Ctrl then click to move the column to the bottom of the list.
The average vertical difference in the reports statistics is the arithmetic mean of the signed values not the absolute values.