I had created some points using screen pick and automatic numbering, and had a rather long alphanumeric point name (9 characters). I found that the only points that were saved to my coordinate file were number 1-9.
I didn't get any error messages, the rest just didn't save.
I tried to update the crd file from drawing, and got an error for each point.
I then deleted all the points that didn't save and went back to Draw-Locate Points > Screen Pick, and when I tried to set the Starting Point Number, I couldn't enter the last digit.
I believe that my points were not saved because the alphanumeric code I used exceeded the space allowed for the point name.
I think that the allowed character limit should be greater than 9, especially using alphanumeric numbering, and I certainly believe that there should have been some error pop-up to warn me that if I exceeded the allowed character space that the points would not be saved in my crd file.
The purpose of this forum is to create the communication channel between developers of Carlson with IntelliCAD engine and the end-users.
I tried creating a point with a number that was too long and the program did report an error message at the Command: line. Which routine did you use to create the point and do you see an error message?
ReplyDeleteFor point numbers up to 255 characters, use the new CRDB format which is a SQLite database.
How do I change the format of my crd to crdb? Because I get a lot of surveyed points named with reverse data and rolling number i.e. 120504001 YYMMDDXXX and I always have to use excel to rename the points. This has annoyed me for quite a few years
ReplyDeleteI think this is a bit of mis-communication here. The SQLite option is coming in the 2013 version.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the max point name length for numeric name is 6 and for alpha-numeric is 9, so the change in 2013 to database would be a way to go.