How to draw using east and northing coords

[RobSandford]

Hi all,

 

I'm using autocad 2010 full and being very new to autocad as i have recently passed my 2d level 2 course and now going on to level 3.

 

My question is can and how do i for instance draw a building using east and north coordinates? i.e i have sat on a point which is 500 east and 500 north and surveyed points on the corners of a building for example;

 

point 1, 492.405e 511.030n

point 2, 493.273e 508.447n

point 3, 490.618e 507.489n

and so on.

 

I know that surveying uses whole circle bearing which 0 degrees is at 12 o'clock and moves clockwise and in autocad 0 degrees is at 3 o'clock and moves anti clockwise.

 

Or do i need to purchase 3d civil?

all help will be much appreciated

[lpseifert]

Easting= X coordinate

Northing= Y coordinate

so...

point 1 = 492.405,511.030

[RobSandford]

Silly me sorry yes and just input the next point as an absolute co-ord isn't it, can tell i've only just started using it lol.

Okay would i be right in saying i would set the drawing limits as say a couple of metres higher and lower than the smallest and largest easting and northings?

[lpseifert]

To be truthful I haven't screwed around with Limits since the days of DOS Acad; there's no real point in setting the limits unless you like to have the grid displayed.

[RobSandford]

sorry thats two stupid questions, oh what the hell lets go for 3, so how could i import the co-ords on a excel sheet straight into autocad?

 

thanks for the all the advice by the way

[lpseifert]

Have a look here

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=13899

 

also there's Lee Mac's Point Manager routine...

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=42954&highlight=Points

[RobSandford]

Thankyou Ipseifert you've been really helpful, since clapping my eyes on this program and finding out some of the things you can do with it i just want to learn more, it's a lot to take in but i'm loving it.

[RobSandford]

If you want to draw a 3D polyline to connect the dots try this:

In excel get your data in x,y,z format. This can be done by creating an equation to concatenate the data; e.g =A1&","&B1","&C1 where cells A1, B1 and C1 hold the x, y and z values. Highlight the new column and press Ctrl+C (copy). In autocad start the 3dpoly command, when it prompts you for a start point, paste the coordinates (Ctrl+V) at the command line.

 

Sorry to be a pain but can anyone show me how i do this in excel

[Lee Mac]

Firstly, thanks for the link Larry, appreciated.

 

Rob, if you choose to use my program, it can import from txt/csv, so you could easily save a copy your Excel file into CSV format, and then import the points using my program.

[kshah]

hi, im new to Autocad. i got Lot Data but dont know how to draw this in autocad. im using autocad 2007.

Lot Data:

Monumentation

Northing Easting Elevation

2810960.880 352682.156 156.871

2810989.468 352666.806 156.276

2810969.643 352700.493 156.900

2810975.262 352663.593 157.075

2811000.809 352689.082 157.276

[Lee Mac]

Check out the links that the users have provided above