Carlson Software Forum

Is there any way to change the actual point in the drawing. It seems that there is the "point symbol" which can be set to anything in the F2F settings, but the point itself is always that little dot. Is there a way to change what that dot is? Say to a cross or plus symbol? Thanks.

On the F2F window <Edit Field Code Definition>
Set Symbol( the point symbol for the code) and
Symbol Size Scaler( a scaler value that is multiplied by the horizontal scale to obtain the actual size) allows to do what you want.

I have no problem with the "symbol" itself, but that little dot is what's killing me. In LDD, there are two different objects, a point and a symbol that could be modified at will, but with Carlson, I can't seem to do this.

Set Symbol SPT9(plus) or SPT10(cross) and
Symbol Size Scaler 0.2
"Each point is drawn by three entities: point block, point node and symbol. The point block is an INSERT entity with PNTNO, PNTELEV and PNTDESC attributes. These attributes represent the point number, elevation and description respectively. The point node is a POINT entity and is used for picking the point with the NODE snap. The symbol can be any symbol defined in the Symbol Library. (Use SPT0 for no symbol). Since points use Carlson point symbols, the CAD system variables PDMODE and PDSIZE should usually be set to 0."

I figured this out. The key is the PDMODE variable. I had to search online to see what the different values represent, so "2" is a + and "3" is an x. So it works now like I intended. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.