reptar Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Hi, i am trying to draw up a lot to import the linework into 3D Max. I am playing around with a site plan but am having difficulties drawing this in AutoCad. When i enter in the degrees/minutes and length using the line tool my drawing looks nothing like the attached image. Do i need to alter my North/South/East/West? Any tutorials out there? I am very new to autocad so please bare with me. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Hart Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Hi Peter. You need to set AutoCAD up with Surveyor whole circle bearings. That is; north is 0 degrees and angles are measured clockwise. Use the units command to alter the AutoCAD bearings as per attached. If you were to start at the top left corner you enter the dimension as @31500 the second point would be @43060 ...and so on. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptar Posted June 5, 2010 Author Share Posted June 5, 2010 worked a charm! thankyou... I had to rotate the linework as i think the North/South/East/West ledgend in the attached image was slightly rotated. Cheers again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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