topic Survey Angles Broken??? in Documentation

Survey Angles Broken???

Anonymous — Fri, 26 May 2023 14:36:39 GMT

For the first time in quite a while I have needed to lay out some site features based on surveyor's units for the angles.

It seems that this feature is broken in AC17. When I attempt to enter the angle in the tracker (or the coordinates palette) the input is ignored and the line is drawn at whatever arbitrary angle is defined by the last position of the cursor. IOW, numeric input for surveyor's angles is not working.

I went back to AC16 and found the same thing. I had to create a file in AC15 to layout the lines and then copy/paste them into 17 to get the job done.

Am I missing something or has this feature actually been broken for two versions?

Re: Survey Angles Broken???

Erich — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 19:56:16 GMT

Matthew, it works fine for me in 16. I haven't tried in 17 yet, since I am holding off for the promised hotfix before switching.

Re: Survey Angles Broken???

David Maudlin — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 13:19:37 GMT

Matthew:

Not a problem here, what are the exact steps you are using?

David

Re: Survey Angles Broken???

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 15:59:11 GMT

Surveyor's units do appear to be broken. You'll have to convert to angles in Working units and then change the display back to Surveyors units. I have a spreadsheet for converting the Northing etc to 360 degree values if you are interested.