This morning I was asked how to find ranges of point numbers that were not currently being used in a drawing. In older versions of Civil 3D, one might have tried to look at the All Points point group properties for a list of points in that group. Well, now there's an easier way to get the answer.
Beginning with Civil 3D 2011, we were given this nifty new command:
LISTAVAILABLEPOINTNUMBERS
This command returns a list of point numbers that are not in use in the current drawing. Now you might be thinking that is a really long command name to remember but don't panic. Here's a how you can access the command:
- In Civil 3D 2011, at the command line, type LISTA then press tab then enter. Civil 3D will auto-complete the command for you.
- In Civil 3D 2012, at the command line, type LISTA then press enter (no tab key required). Civil 3D will auto-complete the command for you.
- In Civil 3D 2011 or 2012, select a Civil 3D point. On the COGO Point contextual ribbon tab, look for the COGO Point Tools panel . Left click on the bottom of that panel and a fly out will appear. Choose List Available Point Numbers from the list.
So now you know one thing that is no longer missing from the world of Civil 3D points.
3 comments:
I wish Civil 3D would create the ability to add Station Offset to control points. I have had to use third party software for this.
That is a list of all available point numbers. It would be nice to see a list of unused points within a range.
If I list all unused point numbers my text window will not scroll back far enough to see the beginning of the list.
-G
You are correct, George. That would be a nice addition to the software. I posted your request on the Civil 3D Idea Station. Please follow the link and login with your AutodeskID to add kudos to the request.
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-civil-3d-ideastation/list-available-point-numbers-in-a-range/idi-p/5831701
While you're there, search through the ideas you see and add kudos to the ones that would help you the most. Adding comments with your kudos is a great way of letting Autodesk know how you would use the feature in your every day work flow.
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