Point Label path

[Pops]

Does anyone now if it is possible to change the search path for the srvpno.dwg files? CARLSON goes to the c: drive (Programs folder) of each workstation for these files. In an effort to keep all standards centralized (and manageable by the CAD Manager only!), I want CARLSON to go to my standards settings @ my main server to retreive these files. I can't seem to find anywhere that I can change these settings. Any help would be appreciated.

Mark

[ColC]

As you do, I put all my support files on a server directory. I nominate this directory in the support directory setting in settings-preferences menu. I also move this to the top of various support directories.( I assume this means it goes there first.)
I then go to the documents& settings\username\application data\..carlson..\support and delete the respective files no..no9( I have deleted the files now so I am not 100% certain this where they were).
Then I load Carlsons and it finds my srvpno files.

They are particulately useful and I put in a lot of work setting these up to take advantage of the pnt,elev,desc blocks. I have set the layers on several of my points to Plot_No, Plot_Elev & plot_desc. This enables me to turn on the point No's, elev and desc to suit my needs. I would like to have more than 10 possibilities

[jmshaw]

"I would like to have more than 10 possibilities."

First, thank you for posting this information. We use custom srvpno files too and we just copy them into a new install, but a centralized location would be a better solution.

I do wonder why you would need more than 10 versions of the srvpno files? The srvpno file only dictates the position and font of the label. All other variables, layering and prefixes or suffixes, are handled by the field-to-finish (FTF) routine. We actually use only 2 srvpno files.

You mentioned that you want to be able to turn on the point numbers, elevations, and descriptions to suit your needs. We accomplish this through layering. Every FTF generated point is divided into four layers. For instance, traverse is drawn on the traverse layer. The point is divided between traverse, traversePNT, traverseELEV, and traverseDESC using the Separate Attribute Layers option. I can either manually turn off the attributes I do not wish to see or use a filter to turn off all of them at once. Typically we would not show our internal point numbers on a topographic plot so we use a *PNT filter to select all point numbers and turn them off simultaneously.

[ColC]

Certainly you can use separate layers for pnts,eve,desc for each code. I found this takes too much time to set up and you have to change for each code.
I have six main point block layers PntNo,PntElev,PntDesc,Plot_no,Plot_elev & Plot_Desc. I have various combinations for example the Plot_elev for tbr(top of bank right) has the elev plotting on the right hand side and vice versa for tbl. In some combinations I need both the desc and elev. I can turn the required elev,desc or pnt on by turning on/off the one layer.
This has been very useful and easier to manage than having a multitude of layers.