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I'm a land surveyor and my goal is to export a universal CSV file out of TBC and import it straight into C3D. I would like it to be able to be used on every job, even if some jobs don't have specific features located, such as fences or trees.

I have specific attributes associated with boundary corners, fences, trees, etc. that I would like to be in a consistent format for when I import the CSV into C3D.

I have tried the custom format editor, but it puts all the attributes into 1 column. I have also tried the export feature attributes but it includes features that I don't want to be included in a CSV export (e.g. images)

Is there a way to have a custom feature export that includes specific attributes in a specific sequence. Ideally it would have the format of P,N,E,Z,D,"attribute1","attribute2",etc...

Attribute 1 being "boundary corner material", Attribute 2 being "boundary corner size", Attribute 3 being "Type of Tree", etc...

I'm a land surveyor and my goal is to export a universal CSV file out of TBC and import it straight into C3D. I would like it to be able to be used on every job, even if some jobs don't have specific features located, such as fences or trees.

I have specific attributes associated with boundary corners, fences, trees, etc. that I would like to be in a consistent format for when I import the CSV into C3D.

I have tried the custom format editor, but it puts all the attributes into 1 column. I have also tried the export feature attributes but it includes features that I don't want to be included in a CSV export (e.g. images)

Is there a way to have a custom feature export that includes specific attributes in a specific sequence. Ideally it would have the format of P,N,E,Z,D,"attribute1","attribute2",etc...

Attribute 1 being "boundary corner material", Attribute 2 being "boundary corner size", Attribute 3 being "Type of Tree", etc...

I think what you are talking about is using the same descriptor codes (pin, hyd, log, foc, etc) between TBC and C3D. I found that I had to build an FXL for TBC and a separate Description Key Set in C3D as they don't talk the same language. What I've built isn't perfect (more coding/layer management in C3D) for point control than TBC where I've done pretty much a less complex FXL to work with feature codes.

I'm a land surveyor and my goal is to export a universal CSV file out of TBC and import it straight into C3D. I would like it to be able to be used on every job, even if some jobs don't have specific features located, such as fences or trees.

I have specific attributes associated with boundary corners, fences, trees, etc. that I would like to be in a consistent format for when I import the CSV into C3D.

I have tried the custom format editor, but it puts all the attributes into 1 column. I have also tried the export feature attributes but it includes features that I don't want to be included in a CSV export (e.g. images)

Is there a way to have a custom feature export that includes specific attributes in a specific sequence. Ideally it would have the format of P,N,E,Z,D,"attribute1","attribute2",etc...

Attribute 1 being "boundary corner material", Attribute 2 being "boundary corner size", Attribute 3 being "Type of Tree", etc...

yes, shawn this is what i was trying to describe.

to the original question. we custom export from tbc, feature codes and attributes, in a csv. comma delimitator. the attributes come out in different columns:

i was trying to describe building your fxl with blank entries if you wanted to delete a whole column from the csv before going into civil. we typically have to do some csv manipulations anyways mostly because of alpha point numbers.

and i guess the other point i was making is that the column does not really matter if the description keys are setup to know what they are looking for in each column. the photo attribute can be useful in civil even if not linked. 

I think what you are talking about is using the same descriptor codes (pin, hyd, log, foc, etc) between TBC and C3D. I found that I had to build an FXL for TBC and a separate Description Key Set in C3D as they don't talk the same language. What I've built isn't perfect (more coding/layer management in C3D) for point control than TBC where I've done pretty much a less complex FXL to work with feature codes.

I'm a land surveyor and my goal is to export a universal CSV file out of TBC and import it straight into C3D. I would like it to be able to be used on every job, even if some jobs don't have specific features located, such as fences or trees.

I have specific attributes associated with boundary corners, fences, trees, etc. that I would like to be in a consistent format for when I import the CSV into C3D.

I have tried the custom format editor, but it puts all the attributes into 1 column. I have also tried the export feature attributes but it includes features that I don't want to be included in a CSV export (e.g. images)

Is there a way to have a custom feature export that includes specific attributes in a specific sequence. Ideally it would have the format of P,N,E,Z,D,"attribute1","attribute2",etc...

Attribute 1 being "boundary corner material", Attribute 2 being "boundary corner size", Attribute 3 being "Type of Tree", etc...

yes, shawn this is what i was trying to describe.

to the original question. we custom export from tbc, feature codes and attributes, in a csv. comma delimitator. the attributes come out in different columns:

i was trying to describe building your fxl with blank entries if you wanted to delete a whole column from the csv before going into civil. we typically have to do some csv manipulations anyways mostly because of alpha point numbers.

and i guess the other point i was making is that the column does not really matter if the description keys are setup to know what they are looking for in each column. the photo attribute can be useful in civil even if not linked. 

I think what you are talking about is using the same descriptor codes (pin, hyd, log, foc, etc) between TBC and C3D. I found that I had to build an FXL for TBC and a separate Description Key Set in C3D as they don't talk the same language. What I've built isn't perfect (more coding/layer management in C3D) for point control than TBC where I've done pretty much a less complex FXL to work with feature codes.

I'm a land surveyor and my goal is to export a universal CSV file out of TBC and import it straight into C3D. I would like it to be able to be used on every job, even if some jobs don't have specific features located, such as fences or trees.

I have specific attributes associated with boundary corners, fences, trees, etc. that I would like to be in a consistent format for when I import the CSV into C3D.

I have tried the custom format editor, but it puts all the attributes into 1 column. I have also tried the export feature attributes but it includes features that I don't want to be included in a CSV export (e.g. images)

Is there a way to have a custom feature export that includes specific attributes in a specific sequence. Ideally it would have the format of P,N,E,Z,D,"attribute1","attribute2",etc...

Attribute 1 being "boundary corner material", Attribute 2 being "boundary corner size", Attribute 3 being "Type of Tree", etc...