Reverse distances and bearings

[BIGAL]

DANA W bearings backwards an answer you have to work anticlockwise in radians look at what quadrant your in and then change to correct brg orientation.

[eldon]

I still have not figured out how to tell vanilla AutoCad I want to go clockwise. When I do it makes ALL my bearings backwards.

 

It is very simple. Enter the bearings with a negative sign

[Dana W]

Bigal & Eldon. Nahhh, it has to do it like a surveyor expects it to be done, with no extra input. I got it to do the bearings properly when I draw clockwise, but for the life of me, I don't know how I did it. I went in and played around with the clockwise/anti-clockwise switch, and the compass direction messing about with where the base angle starts. I tried each base angle, at both clock directions to no avail. Then I put it back how I found it, had a beer, and danged if it didn't start doing it like I wanted it to. Beats me.

 

Now if only it were not LT so I could get the bearings out on the line as a label, instead of copying them from the properties sheet.

[BIGAL]

Need a dim style Dist / brg Autocad suggestion 2014

 

Dim aligned no arrows etc then properties cut and paste to text at least correct angle text.

Edited October 12, 2012 by BIGAL
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