Display Stations

Display survey stations

This option is the same as the Iroad > Survey > Display Stations option.

The Display Stations option to display the survey stations that are in a nominated survey station library.

Instructions

• Select Survey menu.
• Select Surveying menu
• Select Display Stations option

The following panel displays.

Display Survey Stations panel

Station library name

Enter, or select from the drop-down list, the name of the survey station library.

Label station names

Select this check box to label the stations with their names.

Station colour

Select a colour for the stations.

Only display stations in current view

Select this check box to display only those stations that are visible in the current view.

Save stations as a layer

Select this check box to save the stations in a nominated layer.

To create a new layer, enter the layer name. The layer name:

• may contain up to 40 characters.
• must begin with an alphanumeric character [0-9] or [a-z].
• cannot include spaces.
• can include hyphens [ - ], plus signs [ + ], underscores [ _ ], periods/dots [. ].
• can include the special characters of ÁÂÃÀÇÉÊÍÓÔÕÚÜÑ that are used in the Spanish and Portuguese languages.

If this check box is not checked, then the stations will be loaded as a single special object that cannot be saved.

Display stations using symbols

Select this check box to display the station using a symbol. The symbol drafting size is used to determine the size of the symbol on a plot. You will be prompted to select a symbol after this panel is completed.

Select by

The stations to be displayed can be selected by name, area, status and level. Wildcards (* multi character wildcard and % single character wildcard) are allowed.

Select OK.

If you selected to display the stations using a symbol, then you will need to select a symbol. Once selected, the stations are displayed with the symbol. If you are not using a symbol, then the stations are displayed as simple point markers.