drawing property line from a deed 1

[cenk53]

hey all!

im try1ng to learn some surveying skills and i have a little problem...i would l1ke to know how to enter northing and easting info into autocad. which command should i use to do this?

regards

jack

 

[LHA]

You can either use Cartesian or Polar coordinates.

Either way, Format Length and Angle Units as you want to work. I work in decimal Length and dms Angles, as that relates to deed plots easiest. Then pick your starting point. Then:

Cart.: @2,3 goes +2' in X and +3' in Y.

Polar: @2<2d15'30" goes +2 at the bearing described.

 

[Maury]

Northings are y-coordinates and eastings are x coordinates. Learning to understand bearings and incorporate them into autocad will take a little time and effort.

 

[cvg]

using LDD or other software with autocad will greatly simplify your surveying tasks

 

[chicopee]

in the dimension pull down menu select style and in the dimension dialogue box select the unit folder in which you select the dimension box for enginnering units; in the angular unit box select the surveyor's units(this last one selection is very important); in the format pull down menu select units and in the unit dialogue box select engineering units if you want select surveyor's angular units. in the drawing area, if the property bearing is S45d47'23"W and the line is 120.3', use from the draw pull down menu line or polyline the enter on the command line for a second point @120.3'<S45d47'23"W,then repeat procedure for other bearings

 

[LHA]

Wow! I never knew AutoCAD had Surveyor's Units...I've always converted to quadrants, which is a pain with a spreadsheet.

Is this new to 2005?

Remember: The Chinese ideogram for “crisis” is comprised of the characters for “danger” and “opportunity.”
-Steve

 

[semo]

No, its been in there for several years. At least since Autocad 10 and I'm sure before that. Really handy when doing civil/surveying work.

I like using the @ as LHA stated above.