This command allows you to create points on the drawing entities : LINE, POLYLINE, SPLINE, MLINE, ARC, CIRCLE, TEXT, MTEXT, POINT, BLOCK. Points will be created at the characteristic points of the selected objects: vertices of lines, polylines, mlines and splines, center of circles and arcs, insertion point of texts and blocks.

Point numbers

Indicate at which number the numbering of the entities must start, as well as the incrementation value. Click to display the last number of the group + 1 in the "Start at :" edit box.

Options

• Create a point at center of circles and arcs : check this option to create a point at the center of the arcs, circles and curve segments of the polylines.
• Create a point at the middle of arcs : check this option to create a point at the middle of the arcs and curve segments of the polylines.
• Default description text : if you want to add a Description to the created point, enter its text here. This text will be used for all the points.

Parameters

• Model : choose the point creation model in the list or click to display the point creation model configuration window.
• Scale : choose the scale to apply to the point creation model.
• Prefix : enter the prefix to be added to the name of the layers used to create the points and attributes. You can leave this value blank (in this case layers have no prefix) or enter the special value {GROUP} which indicates that the layer names will be prefixed by the name of the group in which the points will be created. Click to restore the default value, which is: {GROUP}_

Learn more about the point creation models

Set the dialog box parameters then click "Apply" and select the entities to process.

Remarks : None.