Reading Old ACS Jobs

To read an old format ACS job, use the Open button (File/Open) and change the File Type at the bottom to ‘Old ACS Jobs (*.pts)

The example transformation file Transform_acs_job.mst can be used when reading an old format ACS jobs to convert certain data onto certain layers and perform other functions.

For Strings

Field Name Contents
1 Type ‘String’
2 String Name String Name 'AB*' or exact string name (not case sensitive), blank=any string name
3 Old ACS 04 String Type Enter the type of string to be converted: Lot, Traverse, Unannot, Road, Drain, Sewer, Kerb, Discon, Boundary, Notri, Water.
Enter * for all types.
4 Old ACS Pen number Enter a number 1-15. Leave blank for any pen number
5 Old ACS Linetype Enter a line type number 1-60 Leave blank for any linetype
6 Output Layer The name of the layer on which the string will be placed. If blank, the ‘Strings’ layer will be used
7 Output Colour Output colour name, ACS colours. This overrides the colour defined in the Old ACS Job files, leave this field blank to accept the Old ACS Job colour for this string. To make the colour use the Layer colour use the word ‘Layer’.
8 Output Style Output Line style, a number 1-64 This overrides the line style defined in the Old ACS Job files, leave this field blank to accept the Old ACS Job line style for this string. To make the linestyle use the Layer style use the word ‘Layer’
9 Output Thickness Output line width in mm If blank or “Layer”, the line width will default to the layer line width
10 Discontinuity Enter Y if the output string is to be marked as a discontinuity, or N. When Old ACS string type=Discon, by default it will be marked as a discontinuity.

String,,L,,,Lots,,,,N,
Convert all Lots to the layer “Lots” with no discontinuity attribute

String,4,L,,,Test,,,,N,
Convert Lot 4 to the layer “Test” with no discontinuity attribute

String,,T,,16,Elect,GREEN,,,N,
Convert Traverses with linetype 16 onto layer “Elect” with colour Green and no discontinuity attribute.

String,,T,,,Traverse,,,,N,
Convert all traverses to the layer “Travers” with no discontinuity attribute

For Points

Field Name Contents
1 Type “Point” – This inicates that this line contains a rule about how to transform points
2 Old ACS Code Only points with this code will be translated using this rule. Enter ”*” for all points to use this rule
Enter “TR*” for points starting with ‘TR’ to be transformed using this rule.
3 Output Layer Output layer name, all points which match the rule will be placed on this layer in the job. If no layer name is given, the points will be placed on the ‘Geom Points’ Layer for points with no heights, or the ‘Topo Points’ layer for points with heights.
4 Output_Colour Output colour name, ACS colours. All points which satisfy this rule will be given this colour. If no colour is specified or “Layer”, the layer colour will be used.
5 Output Symbol Size Enter symbol size in mm. If blank it will use the layer symbol size
6 Output Symbol Symbol Name/Number. If blank it will use the layer symbol.
7 Non-Contourable Enter Y to make the output point(s) non-contourable, they will not be used to form triangles and hence not used in the drawing of contours Any Old ACS points marked as Non-contourable (0n 04 record) will be marked as non-contourable

Point,TR*,Trees,GREEN,10.0,TREE,N,
Any points with codes starting with TR will be placed on the ‘Trees’ layer with a Green symbol of size 10mm using the TREE symbol and will be non-contourable.

For Text

Field Name Contents
1 Type ‘Text’
2 Old ACS Pen number Enter a number 1-15. Leave blank for any pen number
3 Output Layer The name of the layer on which the string will be placed. If blank, the ‘Text’ layer will be used
4 Output Colour Output colour name, ACS colours. This overrides the colour defined in the Old ACS Job files, leave this field blank to accept the Old ACS Job colour for this string. To make the colour use the Layer colour use the word ‘Layer’.
5 Output Font Enter the font name. If blank it will use the layer font.
6 Bold Enter Y/N, if blank it will be N


Text,,Text,BLUE,Arial,Y,
Convert text to layer ‘Text’ with colour Blue using “Arial” font with Bold On.