Feature Name Override as Point Control

Question

I am trying to use a point control (linear geometry) to control a slope line. The point names at the end of each end condition solution are different and would require multiple point controls through the area. To solve this, in the template, I am attempting to &ldquo;Use Feature Name Override&rdquo; to change all the tie in points to &ldquo;ToeTie L&rdquo; or &ldquo;ToeTie R&rdquo;. This seems to work and the Tie features are created in the corridor. The issue comes when I try to create the point control&hellip; the ToeTie L and ToeTie R are not in the drop down list of points available to assign a point control to. The actual point names for the Toes are. 
 Is there some setting that tells a feature/point to show up in the list? I thought this was what the Name Override was for&hellip; to create a continuous feature of the same name... Is this a defect? 
 MX V8i SS3 OpenRoads.... 08.11.09.722... Win 7 
 Thanks, TechNH

Marc Bachand · Accepted Answer

Point name overrides only control the name of the features created when the corridor is processed. It does not change the name for things like point controls. For this type of control all the original names apply.

Jason Harkless · Answer

Basically, you can not use a single point control to control multiple points in your template, which is in effect, what are you trying to do. I definitely understand and completely agree with your logic and this would be a VERY nice enhancement to the product but as Marc points out, the feature name override is not actually applied until the very last step in the corridor processing (after point controls)

Feature Name Override as Point Control

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