2. MERICAN A S C I I TANDARD ODEfor NFORMATION NTERCHANGE A COMMON ALPHA / NUMERIC CODE USED IN COMPUTER DATA COMMUNICATIONS

3. ASCII FILE FORMAT POINT NUMBER,NORTHING,EASTING,ELEVATION,CODE,STRING COMMAND 179,1360915.15851,264352.01403,9.587000,UW01 4 INCH DIP,B

4. CODE FORMAT CAN NOT EXCEED 32 CHARACTERS A “SPACE” IS A CHARACTER AND PARAMETER DELIMETER CAN USE UP TO 9 PARAMETERS

5. CODE EXAMPLE,UW01 4 INCH DIP 15 CHARACTERS USED 264101271911145138315 1234 4 PARAMETERS USED WHEN USED WITH THE STRING COMMAND, ALL “UW01” CODED POINTS WILL BE CONNECTED WITH THE PROPER LINE TYPE. “4 INCH DIP” WILL BE ADDED TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CODED POINT.

6. STRING COMMAND WHEN USED, BE THE LAST ENTITY ON THE LINE,B,C,C3,E,CL = BEGIN = CONTINUE = 3 POINT CURVE (IF USED FOLLOW,B or,C) = END = CLOSE MUST

7. SAMPLE FILE “test.asc” 941, 1330463.52396, 253759.40946, 55.51617,UW47 6 INCH PVC,B 942, 1330459.55156, 253756.16849, 57.99088,WVALVE 943, 1330456.42886, 253754.01699, 55.31089,UW47,C 944, 1330456.42886, 253754.01699, 55.31089,UW48 4 INCH PVC,B 945, 1330452.82316, 253758.73040, 55.22298,UW48,C 946, 1330449.39143, 253756.69500, 58.03234,WVALVE 947, 1330445.87031, 253754.20520, 55.48424,UW48,C 948, 1330453.55664, 253751.92785, 55.23138,UW47,C 949, 1330453.55664, 253751.92785, 55.23138,UW49 4 INCH PVC,B 950, 1330454.67980, 253750.57745, 55.64732,WVALVE 951, 1330442.22892, 253743.58637, 55.43533,UW47,C 952, 1330441.06710, 253734.80960, 57.56496,UW47,C 953, 1330447.83077, 253724.32246, 55.61659,UW47,C 954, 1330488.70583, 253715.38000, 54.94527,UW47,C 955, 1330564.89363, 253717.23190, 54.78198,UW47,C 956, 1330574.91555, 253708.87638, 54.44285,UW47,C 957, 1330574.42108, 253654.82075, 54.25554,UW47,C

8. “test.asc” AS PLOTTED 954 54.95 UW47 POINT NUMBER = POINT ELEVATION = POINT CODE = USING THE STRING COMMAND, ALL “UW47” CODES HAVE BEEN CONNECTED.