Here's another problem with points for those of you using Civil-3D.
In C3D, all symbols (for Desc Keys, etc.) are now included in your drawing template. When a new drawing is created, C3D will create a "copy" of the template, and this template contains a copy of your symbol library. When it does this, it ignores the draw order of any objects in your symbol library, and their draw order reverts to the order in which the objects were drawn.
Where we notice this is in symbols that contain wipeouts. For example, one symbol that we use for found monuments (e.g., lot corners) is an open circle, as in the attached image. The symbol also contains a wipeout, so that the linework under the symbol is hidden. This makes the corner stand out better, and keeps it from looking like a filled-in circle.
The first attached drawing illustrates the problem. There should be an open-triangle symbol in the attached image, at the point indicated by "SYMBOL BEHIND WIPEOUT". Basically, this symbol was created by drawing a polyline in the shape of a triangle, then that polyline was used to create a wipeout. Then the user selected the wipeout, and used the "Move to Back" command to change the draworder. When a new drawing is created from the template, Autocad loses the draw order settings in the block. So all drawings created from this template have symbols that look as-shown in the image.
With the circle (indicated by "WIPEOUT BEHIND SYMBOL"), the wipeout was created BEFORE the circle. There is no need to use the "Move to Back" command to adjust the draw order, because the circle was drawn on top of the wipeout. And as a result, the open-circle symbol appears correctly in drawings created from the template, as-shown in the image.
The second drawing is what things look like after the problem has been fixed. I went into the template, and ran BEDIT on the open-triangle symbol. In that block, I deleted the existing triangle, and drew a new triangle over the wipeout. I then saved my changes to the template, created a new drawing, and dumped the points into the drawing. This time both symbols are displayed correctly, as shown in the second drawing.
