Selection rules for points

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• When selecting multiple points in the software, it is possible to define a rule that automatically selects all matching points.

• Examples:

  • Select all points starting with a certain letter.

  • Select all points with a certain survey code.

  • Select a set of points by name.

  • Select a set of points by date.

• In different software pages it is possible to apply selection rules for points, clicking Selection rule.

  

• This opens the Selection rule window.

  

  • Attribute: selection on which feature the rule is based on.

    • Name: the rule is based on point names.

    • Code: the rule is based on point codes.

    • Layer: the rule is based layers assigned to points.

    • Type: the rule is based on the type of point, for example GPS points, TPS points, measured points, stakeout points, COGO points and imported points.

    • Creation date: the rule is based on the creation date for the points.

    • Elevation: the rule is based on elevation of points.

  • Rule: for Name, Code and Layer attribute is possible to define a rule to select the points.

    • - : indicates a range. For example “100-102” matches “100”,”101” and “102”.

    • ? : Indicates zero or one character. For example, "a?c" matches both "ac" and "abc", but not "abbc".

    • * : Indicates zero or more characters. For example, a*c matches "ac", "abc", "abbc", and so on.

    • + : Indicates one or more characters. For example, a+c matches "abc", "abbc", "abbbc" and so on but not "ac".

  • Interval: the selection interval depends on the selected rule.