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Using ShapeTags and Codes
This portion of the manual was prepared by Shawn Billings, dated
October 14, 2014 and with much appreciation is presented here.
Of ShapeTags and Codes
In this example of Codes I have several that have imported
from CAD as well as a few that I’ve created in J-Field directly:
This is perhaps the most efficient way to develop your own
codes.
Begin by importing a dwg file with your personal layers
(particularly those layers you use for collected data). Once
imported, you can edit the individually created codes.
Take care to check “Use Layer as Code” and “Create Missing
Codes”. This will create Codes from every layer used in the
imported drawing.
Once imported you can select a Code and edit its attributes.
Here, you can see I’ve edited a Code named “Control”.
I created a category for it called “Collection” as this is a
code I anticipate using while collecting points (rather than
calculation). So I can use this for filtering the large number
of codes visible by selecting this “Collection” category from
the Select Code list (see button at top right first slide above).
I can explain what this code is in the Code Description and
(in the future) assign a default symbol to this Code. The
attributes I’ve created are Monument Type, Condition, Set
By, Source. Of course these are my own, and you may find
yourself wanting something else, but as can be seen this
allows me to quickly specify the type of monument this
control point is, the condition I found it in, who placed it,
and what its source is (i.e., OPUS, HARN, etc.).