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6.07  Enter Backsight Point  (EP)

 

FUNCTION:  The Enter Backsight Point routine is used to introduce a new backsight point to establish a backsight bearing for the upcoming COGO calculation.  If you do not know or have not established a backsight point, but you do know the backsight bearing, use the Enter Backsight Bearing routine (EB - Section 6.08).

 

Activate the Enter Backsight Point routine by picking from the Points menu; by pressing [Alt][P], [O] or by typing EP at any data entry prompt.

 

Enter the Backsight Point Clears the data entry field Accept the data entered and continue Help for this routine

 

Point:  Type a point number and press [Enter] or [Tab].  To enter an alpha-numeric point number (e.g. PIN3456, or 22S30) you must precede the point number with an apostrophe ( ' ) to alert "Sight" Survey that you are not attempting to enter a two-letter command to change routines.  For example: 'PIN3456, or  '22S30.

 

Press [Enter] or click [Go] after entering the data.

 

TIP: Left-click the [Pts] button to select a point from the Point Manager (PM - Section 6.09).  Right-click the [Pts] button to select a point from the CAD window (see Picking Points in CAD in Section 2.03).

 

If the point has not yet been assigned coordinates, the program will request them.  Follow the Enter and Assign procedure (EA - Section 6.01) to assign coordinates and a description to the point. 

 

"Sight" Survey will print the backsight point and bearing into the Text Output window.