New COGO Commands

Some new COGO commands have been added to Autodesk Map and Land Desktop 2004. This includes the capability to enter information in a more traditional Civil/Survey format during standard AutoCAD commands like the PLINE or LINE command. Options include entering information by Angle and Distance, Bearing and Distance, Deflection and Distance, or Azimuth and Distance.

As an example, start the LINE command and pick a starting point on the screen. Then when asked to “specify the next point” type in ‘bd (Bearing and Distance) and ENTER. Your command prompt now changes asking you to enter a Quadrant and your cursor also changes to allow you to see and graphically select a Quadrant, followed by prompts for the Bearing and Distance. These transparent commands can also be accessed through the Coordinate Geometry toolbar in Map.

Author

Rick Ellis, president of CADapult Software Solutions, Inc, has worked with and taught Autodesk Civil 3D, along with Map 3D and other Autodesk products since the mid-90s. He is the Author of several critically acclaimed books on Autodesk Civil 3D, AutoCAD Map 3D, Land Desktop and Carlson Software; including the Practical Guide series.

Rick continues to use Autodesk Civil 3D on projects in a production environment, in addition to teaching classes to organizations both large and small around the country, helping them get the most out of their design software investment.

This practical background and approach has made him an award winning speaker at Autodesk University and a sought after instructor by organizations around the world.