Penn Foster Oleson Village Project Check

[britt6875]

It is drawing out just perfect without converting/changing! thank you ReMark for the HELPFUL tip!

[ReMark]

Sure thing britt.

I think whoever you talked to at Penn Foster did not read the instructions for the Oleson Village project or he never would have suggested converting the coordinates in the first place. The project really hasn't changed much over the past three years or so and a few of us here that have done it know first hand that the coordinates work just fine as shown.

By the way, I don't think that is the PDF for the Oleson Village project. It looks like it is for another civil project that involves contouring. Maybe the same one Wendymoose is working on right now.

[Car5858]

You are correct ReMark, that is the wrong set of instruction. It should be the AutoCad Commands: Blocks and Layers

[jimbobjewel]

i am starting my oleson village drawing and am confused from the start. dont know where 2 start at this point. i want to put in my POB and benchmark with the BM#8332 & HAVE THE COORDINATES but just is not making since at this point. Can anyone help with someone confused from the begining. thanks

[ReMark]

Locate the benchmark by starting the line command and using as your start point the pair of coordinates called for in the instructions. Once you have begun the line enter the next pair of coordinates. This will be the end point of the first line. Create your benchmark symbol (if you already haven't) and place it at the beginning of the line. Continue as per your instructions.

[jimbobjewel]

I am getting the points of the benchmark but confused from there i am starting at coordinates 1421334.93,783207.62 but am not getting it from the even after looking through the book again for 2 days. Im not getting how to get to the next point that is 113.66 feet from the benchmark at N5 degrees27'23". i dont know how to enter these or if i have to convert it. Thanks in advance!!

[ReMark]

The point that follow are not located by coordinates but by angle and distance. It helps if you use the UNITS command to use Surveyor's units (deg-min-sec). Your inputs will take the form of @113.66'<N5d27'23".

This wasn't covered in the instructions?