How to generate Stake Out data from InRoads Surface

Question

Hello All, 
 We have an InRoads SS2 surface and want to generate stake out points from the surface. 
 Along the breaklines, we want critical points (end points, high/low points, change of direction), plus at an interval (let's say every 10m). 
 Then, across the surface, we'd like a grid of points at 5mx5m grid intervals. 
 We need to create a table of these set out (stake out) points and show the points, with their point numbers, in plan view. 
 
 How is this achieved in InRoads? 
 Thanks

Jeff McLeod · Accepted Answer

Well, the grid is easy. Surface > View Surface > Surface Elevations. Mode: Grid Point Interval: 5 (or whatever) Uncheck the 'Elevation' box, and only check the 'Point' box. Double-click the Point symbology, and change the Display to Circle. This way, you don't get a bunch of vertices, giving you bogus points. Put them on their own level too. Once you click Apply, isolate them by level, put a Fence around them, and use the Export Coordinates in the XYZ Text tool.This will give you a XYZ text file of the grid coords. Then you can import that text file into an FWD, and at that point, you can export it to whatever format you need, or use 'Survey Data To Geometry' to run an XML report on the COGO points. It sounds like a bunch of cockamaimey workaround, but if you're an experienced InRoads user (which you are), it won't take you much more than 10-15 minutes or so. --------------------------- As far as the features/breaklines, there's the Tools > XML Reports > Surfaces report. It gives the NEZ of all the feature points, and it DOES list the name of each feature, so you know which point goes with which feature; it's not just thousands of coordinates with no way of knowing what they're for. As far as getting those specific points along the features, along with random points at an interval, I see some serious manual work in your future, probably more than what is practically feasible. Import as Alignments? Throw some Event Points on them? See what I mean by feasibility? lol You could also try changing the Point Density Interval on all the features to a specific interval that you want. This can be done "wholesale" in the Feature Properties box. I don't know if that will add additional points to the report or not.