Draw lines using Degrees, Minutes, Seconds in the the a: box

[Steve Jepson]

Where can I find info on how to draw lines using 0, ' , " ?

I am manageing to get it done with a littel trial and error but I think there must be a better way. What words in the search engine would turn up some results on how to do this?

[Anonymous]

Maybe its the difference in terminology, maybe it's the noise of the painters scraping the paint of windows right beside my desk with a power sander:

If you set your custom angle mouse constraint to match your Northpoint, start your line, constrain mouse to North, type "r" and input distance, then "a" (for angle) and "70 30 31-" then ENTER (remembering the MINUS before hitting ENTER), angle will be 70deg30min31sec anti-clockwise from constrained North.

Sorry if I'm mis-interpreting, head is pounding.

[Barry Kelly]

David wrote:
Maybe I am missing something about your posts, but you can enter the cardinal directions as part of the surveyor's unit angles.

Sorry I didn't look at the diagram properly.
Didn't notice the angles were all taken from North direction.

The method I described works for the true angle between the two boundary lines.

An even easier method now I think about it is to draw the first line at the correct length and the known angle.
Then start the second line, place the cursor back along the first then type "A", input the angle with a "-" (minus) after for anti-clockwise or "+" for clockwise rotation and then type "R" & length then "Enter".
You don't need to reset the skewed grid this way.

Again this is for an angle between the two boundaries but could be used in this case also.
Just use "Shift" to lock the cursor vertical (North/South) rather than on the previous line and then "A +/-".

Barry.

PS - Nor did I see Stuart's last post - he beat me to this.