LDD Points Routine

[pkendall]

Right now you can label a spot shot anywhere on your tin. What I would like to do is label a spot shot using a specified block. Currently, users will label the tin and then have to go back and add the spot shot and manually enter the text… Then ultimately erase the LDD label. If we could do this, it would save about 60% of spot shot labeling time."
Thanks in advance guys.

[CADTutor]

I'm not a LDD user so I don't understand the terms you are using (spot shot?) but if you could phrase your question in strictly Vanilla AutoCAD terms, we may be able to help.

[rustysilo]

Or you can create points as opposed to labels and set up a description key set so that when you create/import said points into the drawing it will add the blocks.

From the help file:

Use description keys to associate symbols with COGO points, to place points on specific layers, and to substitute full descriptions for raw descriptions. The effect of description keys depends on whether you are using point markers or point labels.
When you create COGO points, you can enter a description key at the Description prompt. The program searches for the description key in the description key file. If the key is found, then the full description, point layer, and symbol information are retrieved from the description key file. If the key is not found, then the entered key is used as the description for the point.
Description keys are also used when you insert existing points into the drawing from the point database file, or when you import points into the drawing from an external file or user database. When the point is inserted into the drawing, the point layer and symbol associations of the description key file are applied to the points.