Write Civilcad V5 ASC File
This option will write the current job data to a Civilcad AS5 file (that is a Civilcad V5 file).
It will write all the points to the file and will preserve the point numbers.
It will also write the strings and convert them to Civilcad strings.
Civilcad strings are written to the file as a series of line segments, not as continuous lines.
The program will also write text strings.
Select Points/Layers
You can select individual layers and ranges of points to be written to the file, enter the starting
and ending point numbers of the range of points required. See Select Points/Layers for more details.
If multiple options are used only those points which fulfil all the checks will be written to
the output file.
Layer Code Translation
This option allows layer names and codes to be converted to different (Customer specified) layer
names and codes when writing an output file. See Layer Translation for more details.
The ACS objects are all output according to their current display parameters.
Attributes such as layer, colour, line type (style), rotation angle and font size are converted
to their corresponding Civilcad equivalents. If the user has chosen a layer/code translation file,
it is used in the conversion of points, strings and text to their Civilcad equivalent.
If you choose not to use the layer/code translation file, be very careful with the layer names.
Civilcad is not as flexible with its layer naming conventions as GeoSurvey.
Civilcad does not appear to allow punctuation or spaces in its layer names.
If you get errors when importing the file into Civilcad, it may be because a
layer name does not meet Civilcad’s layer naming convention.
Translation Notes
Layer Names - are written as is, other layer attributes are ignored.
Points: The ptno, layer, E, N, H, Code, Colour(pen), SymbolNo, Symbol rotation, ‘contourable’
attributes are written to the Civilcad file, other point attributes are ignored.
Strings: The string layer, Colour(pen), Linetype(style), discon attribute and point numbers for
each segment are written. All other string attributes are ignored (including the name).
Text: The text layer, E,N, rotation, colour(pen) and text string are written.
All other text attributes are ignored.
See Civilcad V5 File Format for more details.