AutoCAD Civil 3D :: Entering Bearings - Distances And Curves

Jul 19, 2013

I haven't used Autodesk directly since Land Development 2i. I remeber being able to draw lines by distances and bearings with the numeric keypad. The bearing quadrant / DMS input was a fast way to draw parcels from an existing map. When I got to a curve, I remember being able to input radius and Delta angle. I've been trying to find those functions for months now. I found the Line by Bearing command and that works well as long as I don't run into a curve.

How do you draw a curve that's tangent to the previous line with the radius and delta angle? I've been going back to AutoCAD version 12 methods. That is, offset the previous line. draw a circle from the end of the offset. draw a line between the center of the curve and the end of the previous line. Rotate that line with the 12d34'56" format. trim the curve and erase the extra lines.

I've gone through all the curve drawing options in the home menu.I found the CoGo editor in the survey menu but it doesn't draw curves. It just draws a line from the beginning of the curve to the center and continues the traverse from the radius point of the curve. That's obviously either a serious misunderstanding of input or a program bug.

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I have a very frequent need to draw lines that radiate out from a point on different bearings and distances. I think of this as a sideshot.

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Civil 3D’s sideshot command acts differently. It draws lines between the radial end points.

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Do you know what command is needed to do what I want? It is not the Create Line by Side Shot command.

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I have attached a screenshot.  A simple rectangular parcel rotated 1 degree.

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