The function creates scatter data or point lists for selected lines or single points in the drawing.
Run the function form the following locations:
MOUS_ICO Toolbar: Not available from the Toolbar
MOUS_ICO Menu: Novapoint > Setting Out - from Drawing…
KEYB_ICO Command Line: Not available from the command line
When the function is started, a dialogue box appears under the command line.
First one decides the mode to select the point/lines in the drawing:
When Polylines (distance) or Polylines (segment) is used, one gives the distance or number (of segments) in the field Distance or no.
Before selecting points/lines in the drawing, one has to give a Line number (Line no.), Point number (Point no.) and Feature code (F. code).
The selection can also be marked in the drawing with a user-defined symbol.Symbols (AutoCAD blocks) can be chosen to represent the points. The blocks need to have (0,0,0) as insertion point. In 'Option' one can also define colors and layers of the permanent marking.
Use 'Select Object»' and pick the points/lines in the drawing. One can delete one or several rows in the drawing by marking them and use 'Delete'. One can turn the marking of the points On/Off with the buttons 'Mark Point' and 'Clear Mark.' It is possible to mark a row in the point list and use 'Pan to Pint' to find the point in the drawing.
It is possible to read coordinates from file and to mark them in the drawing. File formats are:
By this option you export scatter data to a file. Dile formats:
Select this button to draw a table of the point list in the drawing.
Here you control the layout of the table such as for example font and headlines in the table.