Deed Reader
This command is used to extract deed line and curve data from the
text of a deed. It shows the deed data in a spreadsheet and
also graphically. The deed data can be saved to a deed file, drawn and
reported. A blank Deed Reader dialog box appears as soon as the command
is chosen.
The Text
section if for entering in ASCII/TXT data for the deed. This can
be accomplished by using the Paste button at the bottom of the dialog,
or loading a filing using the Load button. You can also type
information directly into this screen. Reader
Warnings indicates irregularities in the deed text. The Result section is below that. This
section will give you a detailed, editable spreadsheet of the deed,
which can be saved. At the very bottom of the dialog is a section
called Summary. Here is where
you will see the mathematical and closure data for this deed displayed.
Paste: This is for pasting in copied information.
Load: This option will load an
existing deed text (.TXT) file. Here is an example.
Quick
Settings: This option allows you to set up, in a speedy
fashion, the detailed criteria for this
Deed Reader command.
Settings: A more formal
settings feature, which is more methodical and dialog box driven.
Draw: This option will provides you choices as to how the date
will be translated to the drawing screen.
It
is in the Draw Options dialog that you can make decisions as to how
detailed and involved your drawing will be. The Points section is key
if you desire to have points created to a new coordinate file, or if
you want to append an existing one. In the Annotations section, if
Label Lines and Arcs is clicked on, the next dialog that you see, after
choosing a point of origin, will be Auto-Annotate. Finally, click
OK.
Prompts
Deed Reader dialog: enter
in or load the deed text
Pulldown Menu Location: Survey
Keyboard Command: read_legal
Prerequisite: Deed text
File Name: