Locate Point
You can access this tool from the following:
Select from the following methods:
The Locate Point dialog displays and the selected method determines the input prompts.
Angle Resection method
- Select Point 1 prompt displays. Use datapoint, civil AccuDraw, coordinate keyin, select from dropdown list of all points in model including reference points.
- Dialog populates with point name and description.
- Select second point.
- Select third point.
- Enter angle between points 1 and 2.
- Enter angle between points 2 and 3.
- Modify to dynamically redraw result.
- Result displays angle data in view.
- Datapoint to accept design.
Points of Intersection method
- Select Point 1 prompt displays. Use datapoint, civil AccuDraw, coordinate keyin, select from dropdown list of all points in model including reference points.
- Dialog populates with point name and description.
- Select second point.
- Select third point.
- Add radius value. Modify to dynamically redraw result.
- Result displays data in view.
- Datapoint to accept design.
Points on Curve method
- Select Point 1 prompt displays. Use datapoint, civil AccuDraw, coordinate keyin, select from dropdown list of all points in model including reference points.
- Dialog populates with point name and description.
- Select second point.
- Select third point.
- Result displays distance and direction data in view.
- Datapoint to accept design.
Radial method
- Select occupied point prompt displays. Use datapoint, civil AccuDraw, coordinate keyin, or select from dropdown list of all points in model including reference points.
- Occupied and backsight points can be selected in space by snapping to a MicroStation element subsequently not populating the dialog with the point name and description.
- Dialog populates with point name and description if a civil point is selected.
- Select backsight point.
- Enter angle. Angles turn to the right. Negative sign plus angle turns angles left.
- Enter distance.
- Result places point and displays specified angle and distance data in view.
- Datapoint to accept design.
- A civil point is created.
- Points are placed from the stationary occupied point.
- Restart the tool to pick a new occupied point and backsight point.
Traverse method
- Select occupied prompt displays. Use datapoint, civil AccuDraw, coordinate keyin, or select from dropdown list of all points in model including reference points.
- Occupied and backsight points can be selected in space by snapping to a MicroStation element subsequently not populating the dialog with the point name and description.
- Dialog populates with point name and description if a civil point is selected.
- Select backsight point.
- Enter angle.
- Enter distance.
- Result displays specified angle and distance data in view.
- Datapoint to accept design.
- A civil point is created.
- The accepted point changes to the occupied point and the occupied point becomes the backsight point.