Bearing & dsitances

Newbie question. I am trying to input bearings & distances (for a boundary)
in Autocad 2004, but the origin goes to the end of the last line in entered.
I know there is a setting for this, I just dont know which one. Any help
would be appreciated.

 

Did you change your units (Angle) to Surveyors?

 

It always has been for drawing a line, it will start from the last point input.

You do know how to input in format like this:
Line, pick a point and type in (for example)
@20<10d20'30" right?

 

I did not use the @ symbol. Thanks.

 

Just as an FYI. You don't need to have your unit set to Surveyor's to enter
a bearing and distance. Just enter @125.86<N18d26'43"E. You WILL need the
angular units set to Surveyor's to list the line and see the angle as a
bearing.

Allen

 

That is not necessary. You can always enter polar coordinates no matter what the setting of AUNITS.

 

Once you draw your metes & bounds how can you dimension these lines with surveyor's units? I'm a newbie using ADT 3.3 . . . thanks, Ole