Civil 3d 2008 sequential naming for points.

[freemine]

Hi,
I want to give sequential names to each points (example: z1-1200-001, z1-1200-002, z1-1200-003, ...each points will be like these). How can i do this. If you have any idea, please help me.
Many thanks.

[rustysilo]

When you say "names" do you mean you want them numbered this way, ie you want the point numbers to be in that format as opposed to 1, 2, 3, etc.?

There is a field you can add to your point label styles called "name", but I'm not too familiar with it. If you want your point numbers rather than this name field to be in the format you requested you can modify the point number in your label style, but I'm unsure of how to get the leading zeros (z1-1200-001) in the number itself.

[freemine]

When you click create points, create points dialog box will appear. And we can set it up like below; (**** changed)
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*Default Layer
Layer <use current>
*Points Creation
Local Coordinates: Easting - Northing
Grid Coordinates Grid: Easting - Grid Northing
Geographic Coordinates: Latitude - Longitude
Prompt For Levels: Automatic
Prompt For Point Names: Automatic *****
Prompt For Descriptions: None
Default Level: 0.000'
Default Description: Z1-example ****
Match On Description Parameters: ($1, $2, etc.) false
Disable Description Keys: true
Echo Coordinates to Command Line: true
*Default Styles
Point Style: Standard
Point Label Style :Standard
*Default Name Format
Point Group Name Template: Point Group - (<[Next Counter(CP)]>)
Point Name Template: Z1-1305 - <[Next Counter(CP)]> ****
*Point Identity
Next Point Number: 1 ****
Use Sequential Numbering: true ****
Point Number Offset: 1 ****
Sequence Point Numbers From: 1 ****
If Point Numbers Are Supplied Use
Force Names: true
If Point Numbers Already Exist: Notify
If Point Names Already Exist: Notify
If Point Numbers Need To Be Assigned: Use next point number