Layout of Civil Property lines .LSP

[Mac Demer]

Anyone have a great lisp that would layout property lines using distance and bearing.
I have a real simple one that prompts for distance and bearing, but would like something better.

Thanks,
Mike

[Glenn Pope]

Don't really need a lisp routine to do that. Just type UNITS and set angle to surveyor. Then start the line or polyline command and select your start point. When asked for the next point, type in "DISTANCE"<"ANGLE" (example 25<n0d1'12"e).

[Mac Demer]

Right, that's what I currently do, I was thinking of something along the lines of a menu where you could enter data and it would build the boundary's and perhaps label them.

Mike

[irneb]

I used these guy's PowerTools (http://www.cadplan.co.za/powertools_for_autocad.html) in the 90's. It's mostly meant for Architectural work, but they do have 2 functions which are more civil in nature:

Site diagram, which does exactly what you're requesting: Enter bearings & distances - then draw a labeled polyline for site boundaries
Draw pipe diagrams at a specified fall by selecting circles or blocks from a plan and giving each a cover level, fall & starting invert level.A lot of the "new" stuff in ACad was available in their original version which worked on R9 - that's 1987. See why I'm not so much impressed with what ACad can do now?

[oliveoil182411]

If you work for a civil outfit, and use a civil design package such as Civil 3D, Land Desktop, or even EaglePoint this should be a snap to do. I think any of them can create boundarys from survey coordinates. And annotating them should be as easy as clicking a line. Check the help menu on these if you use them. If you don't use a civil package, best of luck with the lisp routine.

[Mac Demer]

Thanks for the tip, but I use AutoCAD 2005, trying to automate the process for when we have to do Site Plans.