Creating property lines with bearing and distance data

A red bull’s-eye is placed on the drawing to mark the starting point; the Define Property Line dialog box opens.

3. Specify the segment parameters and click Add to update the drawing file. Continue to add or remove segments as needed.

Alternatively, for simpler, linear-only entry, click Preferences. From the object properties dialog box, click Simple Dialog on Bearing and Distance Mode. Now when you click to place the starting point, the Create Property Line dialog box opens. Enter the Azimuth and Distance for each segment, and select whether to close the shape automatically with the final selection.

Parameter	Description
Line	Select if the current segment is a line
Azimuth	Enter the azimuth or bearing of the line segment; if entering a bearing, a variety of formats are supported. Use spaces (N 10 30 0 E), degrees—d for degrees, m for minutes, and s for seconds (N10d0m0s E), or decimal degrees (N 10.5d 0m 0s E).
Distance	Enter the distance of the line segment
Curve	Select if the current segment is a curve
Start Tangent to Previous	Forces the back tangent to be collinear with the previous segment
Back Tangent	Enter the azimuth of the back tangent of this curve; a variety of formats are supported. Use spaces (10 30 0), degrees—d for degrees, m for minutes, and s for seconds (10d0m0s), or decimal degrees (10.5d 0m 0s).
Radius	Enter the radius of the curve segment
Arc Dist	Select to use the distance along the arc
Chord Dist	Select to use the distance between the point of tangency and the point of curvature
Tangent Dist	Select to use the distance from the end point of the last segment to the point of the intersection of the curve
Delta Angle	Select to use the central angle of the curve as measured from the center of the arc
Chord Bear.	Select to use the bearing of the arc chord
Forward Tangent	Displays the forward tangent value
Counter-Clockwise	Select to draw the curve Counter-Clockwise
Remove	Click to remove the selected segment from the property line
Update	Click to update the parameters for the current segment
Add	Click to add a segment to the property line
< Previous / Next >	Click to move backward and forward through the segments
Automatically create closing segment	Select to automatically create the final segment between the last point and the first

If this is the first time the Property Line tool has been used, the object properties dialog box opens. Set the defaults (see Property line parameters).