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Carlson F2F Point/Symbol Grouping Issue

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(@bow-tie-surveyor)
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I have used Carlson's Field to Finish infrequently over the years, but one of the problems that I have always had with it is the way the point node and symbol are grouped together which makes it difficult to work with. I noticed another thread ([msg=245341]Carlson 2004 Field to Finish Problem[/msg]) with the similar problem, but that was on AutoCAD and it does not appear to work the same on my Carlson 2013 Intellicad version. I can only ungroup one entity at a time (not very efficient)

Here is a typical point code setting in my F2F Library.

Is there something I am missing here? Is there a way for the symbols to come in ungrouped from the get go?

 
Posted : March 21, 2014 4:59 am
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Try this: First run your F2F with all items to be drawn, ie, points,lines and symbols. Then do an "erase points". The synbols will disappear too. Then rerun F2F , but unselect the points so that you are drawing ONLY the symbols and the line work. That should break the link that you do not like.

 
Posted : March 21, 2014 5:33 am
(@peter-hughes-davies)
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Control H or toggling the pickstyle variable will turn grouping off/on as needs be.
Peter

 
Posted : March 21, 2014 5:49 am
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Also be sure that PDMODE=0

 
Posted : March 21, 2014 7:25 am
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> Try this: First run your F2F with all items to be drawn, ie, points,lines and symbols. Then do an "erase points". The synbols will disappear too. Then rerun F2F , but unselect the points so that you are drawing ONLY the symbols and the line work. That should break the link that you do not like.

OK, that works for me. Just unchecking the points solves the problem. Then I can use the standard Draw/Locate Points command to draw the point nodes, which I like better than the way F2F handles point nodes anyway. Thanks,

 
Posted : March 21, 2014 10:33 am