lioncub99 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Hi all I am very new to Autocad12 Map 3D and learning every day. I have a list of co-ordinates Easting,Northing,Description ( a text document or csv ) I want to place a block or circle at the coordinate and also have the Description appearing next to it is there a lips available for this i think it would be as this is very common practice in survey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Yes, there is a lisp available. See Lee Mac's Point Manager lisp program. Find it at...http://lee-mac.com/ptmanager.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lioncub99 Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 Thanks for the quick reply will do and appreciate the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lioncub99 Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 The lisp you referred to is good but does not do the job it is for importing xyz data and can place blocks on those locations but. i am looking for xy and txt like placing a circle on a given coordinate and next to it the description of the circle attaching an image to explain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 You did mention the word "block" in your first post. I also assumed you were using blocks that had fields or attributes responsible for the text you wanted displayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lioncub99 Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 it seems i cannot attach images at this time may be as I am newbe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph_map Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Use the Mapimport command and select text file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lioncub99 Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 Use the Mapimport command and select text file. Thanks this works better. I am grateful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph_map Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Thanks this works better. I am grateful You're Welcome, and asking map questions in the map forum next time may get you quicker results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emigrato Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Thanks this works better It can work even better, if only you redefine the Map_Survey_Point block as a circle. Here's the look just after the _MAPIMPORT of the PENZD file: and here's after the redefinition of the block: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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