To Create Points Along a Polyline or Surface Contour Using Distance and Surface Elevations

Create points using elevations from the surface. The points are created along a polyline based on a specified distance.

The Prompt For Elevations setting, specified in the Points Creation settings, does not affect how you are prompted during this command.

1. Select settings and create styles, layers, point groups, and description keys.
2. Home tab  Create Ground Data panel  Points menu  Create Points - Surface  Along Polyline/Contour .
3. Select a surface.
4. Enter the distance between the points.
5. Select the polyline or surface contour along which to place the points.
   The points are placed along the polyline or surface contour at the specified interval.
6. If prompted, for each point, enter the point name and description.

Note: Many factors affect how the point is displayed.