This command lets you enter line and curve data which is drawn and annotated as entered. When entering in data, the bearing quadrant and bearing value is input on the same line. For example, a bearing of N45-10-30E would be entered as 145.1030, where (1) represents the NE quadrant. The numeric codes for the quadrants are 1-4 beginning with NE as (1) and continuing sequentially in a clockwise direction to the NW quadrant (4). Distance data can be entered in Varas, Meters, Poles, Chains or US Feet. Curve data can be entered for Non-Tangent, Reverse-Tangent and Tangent curves. Data used to define curves includes but is not limited to Tangent Out Bearing, Radius data, Chord Bearing, DeltaAng and Tangent Length. Prompting for curve data it determined by what curve definition data is used. When you are finished, the closure and area of the figure is reported. The program has the option to Undo the previous data entry in case you need to re-enter values. Also, the program auto-saves the data entered during the command so that if the command is canceled and restarted, there's an option to resume entering data. The command starts with the dialog shown here.
Line and Curve Layer: Specify the layer name for lines and arcs.
Points Layer: Specify the layer name for the points.Traverse by: Select between entering bearings, azimuth,
gons or point numbers. The points option recalls points from the
current coordinate (.CRD) file. The prompt option adds a prompt for
each angle to specify the angle format.
Point Format: Choose between creating Carlson points in
the coordinate (.CRD) file at each point in the figure, drawing
descriptions only or having no point labels.
Apply Rotation: This option adjusts the entered bearings
by the specified rotation.
Label Lines and Arcs: Specify whether the annotation
should be drawn on the lines and arcs or should be added to line
and curve tables. The settings for the label styles are defined by
the Annotate Defaults and Auto Annotate commands. Please see those
commands in the manual for a description of those settings. You can
either specify specific settings files from those commands or use
the current settings which is the default.
Deed Name: Specify the beginning deed name. Only available
when Store to Deed File is checked on.
Draw Linework: Specify whether or not to draw linework, if this is disabled then all annotation options are disabled also.
Create Polyline: This option creates a polyline of the deed perimeter instead of individual line and curve entities.
Prompt for Descriptions: Specify whether or not the program should prompt you for point descriptions. If this is not checked, then point descriptions are blank.
Prompt for Elevations: Specify whether or not the program should prompt you for point elevations. If this is not checked, then point elevations are set to zero.
Plot Point Symbols: If the Point Format is set to Descriptions Only or None, this option is available. It will place point symbols without creating points in the coordinate (.CRD) file.
Create Radius Points: When checked, radius points will be created for arcs. Radius points are given the description RADPT.
Store to Raw Data (.RW5) File: When checked, data entered will also be written to a raw data (.RW5) file that can be opened using the Edit-Process Raw Data File command. This file can be used to perform coordinate adjustments. The Compass rule, Crandall rule, Transit rule, Angle balance adjustment and Least-square adjustment routines are all available. See Edit-Process Raw Data File for more information.
Store to Deed File: When checked, data entered will be
written to a deed (.PDD) file. This file can be processed later to
correct errors, create deed reports or to redraw the deed. To use
this option, set the deed file name by picking the Specify File
Name button. Also set the Deed Name field.
Pick point or point number: 1
PtNo. North(y) East(x) Elev(z) Description
1 8000.00 12000.00 0.00
In this example the coordinate for point number one has already
been stored in the current coordinate (.CRD) file with the
Draw-Locate Points command.
Undo/Exit/Curve/<Bearing (Qdd.mmss)>:
145.3035
Varas/Meters/Poles/Chains/<Distance(ft)>: 210.5
Enter P to input a distance in Pole format or C for Chains
format.
Undo/Exit/Curve/<Bearing (Qdd.mmss)>: C Enter C
to traverse through a curve.
Tangent-out/Radius: R
Radius: 1103.5
Curve direction (Left/<Right>)? press Enter
for right
Non-tangent/Reverse-tangent/Chord/Delta angle/Tangent/<Arc
length>: N If the curve is non-tangent to the
previous leg then enter the arc length, enter C for a chord length,
D to enter the delta angle or T to enter the tangent distance. In
this example we have a non-tangent curve so we entered N.
Curve direction input
[<Chord>/Radial]?: C
Chord Bearing (Qdd.mmss): 245.2341
Length of Chord: 201.22
Undo/Exit/Curve/<Bearing (Qdd.mmss)>: 345.3218
Varas/Meters/Poles/Chains/<Distance(ft)>:
209.28
Undo/Exit/Curve/<Bearing (Qdd.mmss)>: 445.2348
Varas/Meters/Poles/Chains/<Distance(ft)>:
200.54
Undo/Exit/Curve/<Bearing (Qdd.mmss)>: E Enter E to
end the prompting and calculate the closure error.
Closure error distance> 1.35251089 Error Bearing> N
70d41'35" E
Closure Precision> 1 in 607.63 Total Distance Traversed>
821.82
Pulldown Menu Location: Survey
Keyboard Command: PDD
Prerequisite: None