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.
Edit the Feature in InRoads. Tools > Style Manager. Scroll down to the Feature used and select it and press Edit (or double click on its name.)
In the Edit Style dialog box, expand the Survey Feature leaf in the left pane. Click on Custom Operations and the left pane will display a small text editor. Scroll down to the bottom and click into the editor to select an insertion point and start typing. When finished, press Apply, then Close.
If the Fieldbook is open, the graphics should refresh and you should see the new labels displayed. Delete the old graphics and rewrite survey to graphics, with only Planimetrics toggled on. That should do it.
Answer Verified By: Lucilia
caddcop, IT WORKED!! Thank you so much!!
Sorry, Is there a way to not bring the code numbers and TRAV text ? They are in the same layer (Default) as the information.
If you use the Help button on the Custom Operation leaf of the Edit Style dialog box, it explains there are two Code syntax - one is $(CODE) and the other is $(FCODE). However, I seem to recall that the explanations for what each reports is reversed.
So to get the Code, you would add either
'$(CODE)
or
'$(FCODE)
And to get the point number (which is also its name), you can add
'$(NAME)
In my earlier example, line 10 does just that.
If you want to control the level it is written to, use the LV= code. Again, my example uses this on line 1 and line 12. In my example, they both use the same level. That is because the TRAV code is a survey control point. But they can be different
Our non-control points will label the point name using a special level for point numbers, while any Annotations that might get plotted on plan drawings will use a different level. Most of our custom codes were originally generated programatically using a special Excel spreadsheet, so there are common codes for all points and then special code specific codes for generating annotations.
caddcop, it worked! Thank you for your help!