Points from surface

This utility generates new topographic points from a reference surface, according to different modes.

• Click Surface.

• Click Tools to open the menu.

  

• Click Points from surface.

• The command opens a new panel on the right.

  

  • Reference surface: indicates the surface subproject from which to extract the points.

  • Survey subproject: indicates the survey subproject where to save the points created. The options are:

    • New subproject: creates a new survey subproject where to save the points created by the processing.

    • Existing subproject: allows to select an existing subproject where to save the points created by the processing.

  • Destination survey: sets the name of the subproject to be created or to choose the name of the existing one to use according to the option chosen in the Survey subproject box.

  • Mode: allows to choose which entities to extract the points from. The options available are:

    • Triangle vertices: points are extracted only from the vertices of the triangles.

    • Breaklines & Boundary lines: points are extracted only from the breaklines and boundary lines.

    • Grid interpolations: points are extracted according to a regular grid. If this method is selected, you can enter the horizontal and vertical step and the axis rotation of the grid.

  • Starting point name: sets the name of the first point. The next points will have a progressive numbering.

  • Estimated points: indicates the estimation of the number of points generated by the calculation.

• Click Generate to generate the points.