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Managing points with description keys

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Managing points with description keys

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the look and feel of points is with description keys. Let's go with inside our exercise file and see what description keys are and the power that they have to manage how points look. I'm going to use the Quick Access Toolbar and open up our exercise file, that would be 03_PointDescKeys, or point description keys, Within this CAD file, you'll notice that we have four points already there. The two that we've been working with, the fire hydrant points, a tree, it's an oak tree, it's 24 inches in diameter, and then a power pole. Now, these descriptions are actually what the surveyor entered in the field, So when he shot this point, he entered PP. When he shot the tree, he entered OAK 24. We're going to use those raw descriptions that the surveyor entered in the field and apply a style as well as even a layer to put the points on, and even use additional information that the description has coded from the surveyor to better control how our points look. This makes description keys more…

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