I imported a .cvs data to Inroads, Northing, Easting, and 4 columns as notes (property owners, Tax Map no., Book and page). When I wrote Survey Data to Graphics, the notes were wrote one on top of other. Is there a way to write it on separate lines?
Thank you!
Do they truly plot on top of one another or is there some small vertical offset. If there is an offset, maybe it’s a line spacing issue?
What method are you using to plot the labels?
When we started using InRoads Survey, we stopped using notes to generate Survey Labels because the data collectors wrote so many notes to the file that it was difficult to separate the desired notes from the unwanted notes.
What we did use was Attributes. Most data collectors support them, but you need to set them up in advance. So initially, we used what are called Dotted Notes. A Dotted Note is simply a note with a period as it’s first character. Following the period, is the Attribute name follows by a space and then, the Attribute Value.
Then, using Custom Codes, you can not only selectively generate labels based upon which attribute is read, but there is some capability of testing for specific values and generating different labels depending upon the results of the test.
You can download our V8i workspace and check out our XIN files. We did a lot with Custom Codes so there are a lot of examples.
Charles (Chuck) Rheault CADD Manager
MDOT State Highway Administration
caddcop,
I didn't try to print. I got Parcels files from the Town .cpg, .dbf, .prj, .sbn, .sbx and .shp (usually GIS files?). I wanted to bring property lines, property owners, property tax map to Microstation, and I realized I could use .dbf if converting to .cvs (excel file with data in columns) so, I could use InRoads do import the data. But when I write survey data to graphics the name and tax map number were on top of each other, giving me a lot of work moving text around. I'm using Bentley InRoads Survey (ss10) V08.11.09.918.
So you are using the default point annotations? Have you gone into the Survey Options to modify the Symbology settings to see if you can get them to space out? Each annotation has offset values along with other display settings.
caddcop, I tried modifying the Symbology settings for notes, but nothing changed. I guess I need to create different files for each note column with deviation of northing and easting?
Are you using the Edit View button or double clicking on the Text Point Notes item in the Symbology List? The View is only for the temporary view display that stays a fixed size in the view while you zoom in or out. When you double click on the item you want to edit, you are defining the DGN Settings when you write Survey to Graphics.
As I mentioned earlier, we use Custom Codes in the Survey Feature This list is the custom codes defined for our TRAV code. I added the last two lines to demonstrate using NOTES in custom codes.
Note that I was able to change justification (JT=LT) before adding my NOTES code. Custom Codes also support DX= and DY= codes to offset the next annotation placement from the previous annotation. This would override the natural offset that occurs from multiple codes or multiple lines of Notes.
A Reset code allows the process to return to the survey point location to place additional annotation once again relative to the survey point instead of relative to the last annotation.
Custom Operation = LV=V-CTRL-TEXT +Custom Operation = CO=5 +Custom Operation = WT=0 +Custom Operation = FT=1 +Custom Operation = TX=0.10 +Custom Operation = LS=0.06 +Custom Operation = JT=RB +Custom Operation = DX=-0.03 +Custom Operation = DY=0.03 +Custom Operation = '$(NAME) +Custom Operation = RESET +Custom Operation = LV=V-CTRL-TEXT +Custom Operation = CO=0 +Custom Operation = WT=1 +Custom Operation = FT=1 +Custom Operation = TX=0.08 +Custom Operation = LS=0.04 +Custom Operation = DX=-0.02 +Custom Operation = DY=-0.10 +Custom Operation = JT=CT +Custom Operation = IF $(CADD)>[NULL] THEN 'CADD-$(CADD) +Custom Operation = IF $(CADD)=[NULL] THEN 'TRAV PT $(NAME) +Custom Operation = IF $(NB)<>[NULL] THEN '$(NB) +Custom Operation = IF $(TY)<>OTHER THEN '$(TY) +Custom Operation = JT=LT +Custom Operation = IF $(NOTES)<>[NULL] THEN '$(NOTES)
This image shows the result for one TRAV point. You can see the Notes in the Edit Station dialog box. Note that there are Three possible Attributes, but no values are entered. If there were Attribute Values, they would plot below the TRAV PT PP10 and the Notes would automatically be shifted below another line. The default text settings and symbology comes from the Survey Feature symbology but can be overridden by the custom codes.