Adding point numbers to points in an AutoCAD file.

If you have hundreds of points in an AutoCAD dwaing and want to add point codes to each point it is going to be very laborious by hand. And error prone. You may have tried various AutoLISP routines for doing this, but a really quick and almost painless way is this.

1. Save the file (with the unlabelled points) as a DXF file.
2. Use Pointor to create a point list from a DXF file.
3. The point list will be turned into a new DXF file you can view, zoom, pan etc,
4. Change the settings in Pointor to have just point codes.
5. Save the point codes DXF file.
6. Import the point codes DXF file into your AutoCAD drawing.

Pointor can import coordinates from POINTs POLYLINEs and CIRCLEs. In this case just click on the POINTS check box. The dialog will tell you how many points there are in your original DXF file.

What you choose to do depends on exactly the job you are doing. In this case I'd suggest you use "Show Codes", uncheck everything else, and select "Nothing" from the "Add Point As" combo box.

A demo is available so you can try out the process on your own drawings.

Points, descriptions, and layernames

Real world example 1

Real world example 2

Real world example 3