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.
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.
Deed Reader dialog:
enter in or load the deed text
Pulldown Menu Location:
Survey
Keyboard Command:
read_legal
Prerequisite: Deed
text