Problem importing data from .txt file

I recently received a .txt file from a surveyor that I am unable to import into Autocad 2009. I have searched around and tried many different things but have been unable to get anything to work.

Here is an example of what the command lines in the text file look like.

1 10000.000000 10000.000000 2350.000000 front gate

2 10026.480394 9950.030017 2349.825601 n gate entry

3 10005.038965 9944.815704 2349.475614 sgate entry

4 9974.688947 9889.792519 2350.801297 ir fen cor

5 9893.881462 9941.163123 2351.922353 .ip fen angl

6 9781.875807 9972.658294 2353.396643 4.i fen cor

7 9131.575038 9677.676598 2359.062840 2.5ip fc n s e

8 9127.812183 9697.121670 2357.523677 2.ip fc e w s

9 9103.113858 9823.106142 2356.271104 w gate post

10 9041.337748 10142.057135 2355.489464 2.5ip fc n w

If anybody has any information on how I can import these points, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks,

Jared

How does the surveyor usually process his own data? He must have a way of inputting the data into Cad.

If you had access to Civil variety of AutoCAD, you might find a data input format that would suit. Otherwise, you might have to write your own lisp programme.

Then you could have an input like this, or however you wanted it.

eldon: I wonder if Lee Mac's Point Manager program might be applicable here?

I had a look at that first, but I am not sure that it shows a Point number, a cross and a point at the required coordinate, an elevation, and the notes.

I daren't post my lisp, because there are so many experts now, they would pick holes in it from morning till night, and I really can't stand that. I had to do this 20 years ago, and I have never seen any input which does what mine does. And I have made my living from it, so I don't want to spread it around.

Lee Mac's program works with blocks so couldn't the cross you speak of be just that...a block?

I have no problem with anyone who develops a program to address a special need keeping it strictly to themselves. I can only imagine the amount of time and effort that goes into creating something like that not to mention the "tweaking" and "refining" and "testing" involved until it works perfectly. Why would you want to just give it away unless you do it for the fun of it or strictly for the challenge.

Believe me, I fully understand where you're coming from and have no problem with it.

When I wrote my lisp, the recipients of the digital survey were very suspicious of blocks, and I used to explode everything before I sent it to them on a 3½" disc. So I wrote the cross as two lines, which works and I haven't changed it since.

Well I'll leave it up to jchase to decide if Lee Mac's program does what he wants. Here's the link.

http://lee-mac.com/ptmanager.html

I have searched around and tried many different things but have been unable to get anything to work.

If anybody has any information on how I can import these points, I'd really appreciate it.

If you are still searching, I could input these into a drawing for you as a one off favour.

But if it is the start of something ongoing, then you will have to get your own method.

eldon: That's a generous offer you have made but you may want to rethink it. You'll be opening yourself up to similar requests in the future as other people with the same problem come across this thread.

It all depends on how I am asked, and whether my bunions are playing me up at the time.

It all depends on how I am asked, and whether my bunions are playing me up at the time.

Maybe I was too hasty with my reply. Now, if I could only find that survey data I had......