Mastering AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2010

110 CHAPTER 4 X MARKS THE SPOT: POINTS

Figure 4.16

Edit points in Panorama

You can access a similar interface in the Prospector tab of Toolspace by highlighting the Points

collection (see Figure 4.17).

Figure 4.17

Prospector lets you

view your entire Points

collection at once

Changing Point Elevations

In addition to the basic point-editing functions, advanced tools are available for manipulating

points (see Figure 4.18), in the context-sensitive panel that opens when a point object is selected.

Figure 4.18

Advanced point-editing

commands i n the ribbon

As noted earlier, you can create points from a surface elevation. But if you already have a

batch of points in your drawing that you’d like to move up to a surface, you can choose Datum

from the Modify panel after choosing Points from the Ground Data panel on the Modify tab (see

Figure 4.19).