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Chapter 10 Entering Lengths & Angles
Bearings are used by surveyors, geologists, and mapmakers. For a detailed
discussion of bearings, see online Help.
Standard and compass angles use the same system of notation. To enter an
angle using the keyboard, simply enter the angular value followed by any of
the following angle notations:
You can also enter angles using the mouse. Entering angles with the mouse
is handy when you need entities to have the same orientation. You can enter
an angle with the mouse by:
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Entering three points in the drawing.
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Entering two points in the drawing.
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Clicking an arc, line, polyline or polygon segment, text entity, marker, or
symbol.
To enter an angle on the edit bar based on three points
1 Select an entity in the drawing.
2 Place the insertion point in the Angle text box and press CTRL+ENTER.
3 Enter the vertex (the center point) of the angle.
4 Enter a point that defines the beginning point of rotation. A rubber-band
arc appears.
5 Enter the ending point of rotation.
Angular Unit Notation Examples
degrees #.#d 45.00d
degrees-minutes-seconds #d #’ #’’ 19d 18’ 45’’
minutes #.#’ 47.5’
seconds #.#’’ 15.3’’
radians #.#r 0.7845r
grads #.#g 1.25g
bearings N|S#d#’#’’E|W
N|S#.E|W N14d8’15’’E S30.W
NOTE # represents a signed, whole, decimal, or exponential number (e.g., 3, 4.123,
5e20).