Change point group display order

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00:06

In this video, we're going to change our point group display order and see what effect that has on our drawing file,

00:13

as well as discuss overrides inside of our point groups.

00:17

So the first thing we're going to go ahead and do is we're going to navigate to our Points Group, All Points,

00:21

and we're going to go ahead and create a new point label style so that we can see the effect that changing our display order has on our drawing.

00:30

So I'm going to go ahead and create a new label style.

00:34

I'm going to call this new label style Display Order Change.

00:42

And I'm going to go to my Layout tab and I'm going to change my point number.

00:47

I'm going to change the contents of that point number.

00:49

I'm going to delete out point number information and say, Display Order Change,

01:01

and I'm going to hit "OK" and you'll notice here, it says Display Order Change.

01:05

I'm going to change the text height to 1, so it's extremely large text.

01:09

And then I'm going to move down into point elevation and I'm going to change my visibility for that to false.

01:15

And I'm going to change my point description visibility to false.

01:18

So all I'm displaying is my point number, which text is saying Display Order Change.

01:24

I'm going to hit "Apply" and hit "OK".

01:27

I'm going to make sure that I have my point label style selected as Display Order Change and I'm going to hit "Apply" and hit "OK".

01:34

Inside of our drawing, what we're going to go ahead and do is we're going to change our display order settings for GS and all points.

01:40

So I'm going to zoom in on one of our ground shot points and I'm going to go ahead and switch this display order.

01:46

So to change the display order, you're going to go to Point Groups, the header tab for it and you're going to right click and choose Properties.

01:54

This window here shows the display order.

01:57

And what a display order does for Civil 3D is it looks down the list from top to bottom,

02:03

and it determines each point as it goes down and reads what points are in each group and displays a label and a point marker style.

02:13

And so the ones above take precedent over the ones below.

02:16

So in our drawing, GS takes precedent over all points.

02:20

So what we're going to see is when we change all points to move it up above GS, our information for GS gets overridden by the All Points group.

02:27

So we're going to go ahead and flip that down and hit "Apply" and hit "OK".

02:33

And you'll notice that when I did that, it changed my label display style.

02:39

So what I'm going to go ahead and do now is I'm going to flip it back and we're going to look and see what overrides do.

02:45

So I'm going to go to Point Groups, I'm going to go to Properties, I'm going to grab GS and bump it up and hit "Apply" and hit "OK".

02:52

And so we've now changed back.

02:53

And what I know is that we have a description key set for our calc points that forces calc points to always look like this.

03:00

What overrides does is if you go into a point group and you want that point group to override one of your description key sets.

03:11

What you can go ahead and do is you can go to this Overrides tab in your Point Group Properties,

03:15

and you can see we have overrides for raw description, point elevation, style, and point label style.

03:22

So if I want to override my label style for my calc points to be my display order change, what I'm going to go ahead and do is check Override,

03:32

I'm going to hit "Apply" and what that effectively does is it overrides the description key set to display my label style.

03:42

What it doesn't do is it doesn't override my point groups that lie above it.

03:46

So my GS points lie in a point group that is above my all points group, so my GS governs over the all points group.

03:56

And so the override in the all points group does not override a point group that is above it in the list.

Video transcript

00:06

In this video, we're going to change our point group display order and see what effect that has on our drawing file,

00:13

as well as discuss overrides inside of our point groups.

00:17

So the first thing we're going to go ahead and do is we're going to navigate to our Points Group, All Points,

00:21

and we're going to go ahead and create a new point label style so that we can see the effect that changing our display order has on our drawing.

00:30

So I'm going to go ahead and create a new label style.

00:34

I'm going to call this new label style Display Order Change.

00:42

And I'm going to go to my Layout tab and I'm going to change my point number.

00:47

I'm going to change the contents of that point number.

00:49

I'm going to delete out point number information and say, Display Order Change,

01:01

and I'm going to hit "OK" and you'll notice here, it says Display Order Change.

01:05

I'm going to change the text height to 1, so it's extremely large text.

01:09

And then I'm going to move down into point elevation and I'm going to change my visibility for that to false.

01:15

And I'm going to change my point description visibility to false.

01:18

So all I'm displaying is my point number, which text is saying Display Order Change.

01:24

I'm going to hit "Apply" and hit "OK".

01:27

I'm going to make sure that I have my point label style selected as Display Order Change and I'm going to hit "Apply" and hit "OK".

01:34

Inside of our drawing, what we're going to go ahead and do is we're going to change our display order settings for GS and all points.

01:40

So I'm going to zoom in on one of our ground shot points and I'm going to go ahead and switch this display order.

01:46

So to change the display order, you're going to go to Point Groups, the header tab for it and you're going to right click and choose Properties.

01:54

This window here shows the display order.

01:57

And what a display order does for Civil 3D is it looks down the list from top to bottom,

02:03

and it determines each point as it goes down and reads what points are in each group and displays a label and a point marker style.

02:13

And so the ones above take precedent over the ones below.

02:16

So in our drawing, GS takes precedent over all points.

02:20

So what we're going to see is when we change all points to move it up above GS, our information for GS gets overridden by the All Points group.

02:27

So we're going to go ahead and flip that down and hit "Apply" and hit "OK".

02:33

And you'll notice that when I did that, it changed my label display style.

02:39

So what I'm going to go ahead and do now is I'm going to flip it back and we're going to look and see what overrides do.

02:45

So I'm going to go to Point Groups, I'm going to go to Properties, I'm going to grab GS and bump it up and hit "Apply" and hit "OK".

02:52

And so we've now changed back.

02:53

And what I know is that we have a description key set for our calc points that forces calc points to always look like this.

03:00

What overrides does is if you go into a point group and you want that point group to override one of your description key sets.

03:11

What you can go ahead and do is you can go to this Overrides tab in your Point Group Properties,

03:15

and you can see we have overrides for raw description, point elevation, style, and point label style.

03:22

So if I want to override my label style for my calc points to be my display order change, what I'm going to go ahead and do is check Override,

03:32

I'm going to hit "Apply" and what that effectively does is it overrides the description key set to display my label style.

03:42

What it doesn't do is it doesn't override my point groups that lie above it.

03:46

So my GS points lie in a point group that is above my all points group, so my GS governs over the all points group.

03:56

And so the override in the all points group does not override a point group that is above it in the list.

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