Traverse tool refuses to change a bearing

Question

After entering a curve, the next line is auto filled based on the curve and assumes the line is tangent to the curve. In my case line 3  should read S25-37-30E in order ot match the plat.  However, the traverse tool refuses to allow me to change line 3 from  S25-37-57E to S25-37-30E.  I didnt realize the discrepancy until I had drawn a long line and the end points were not connecting.  This happens on occasion and frustraingly once it happens I can't go back and modify the line.  Every time I enter anything in the bearing field it just changes it back to the tangent line.  Is there a way to force the line to no longer be tangent to the curve without having to delete all the linework that followed the area?

JaneK1 · Answer

Also running into this problem, not only with curves but lines as well. The bearings and/or distance changes and I cannot override.

ejones_99 · Answer

I also have been running into this same problem. 😞

DianeBaker · Answer

I've been testing it out and it seems to happen every time i come out of the curve. In the newer plats there isn't a discrepancy with the outgoing tangency direction and the following line direction the vast majority of the time. I think thats why I never noticed the issue.  However, I have been working on some older plats from the 1960's and noticed it happens on almost ever line after a curve.  They are often off by a minute or second.

I thought an example of the calls would be helpful for recreating the problem.  This would be the following calls on a plat I worked yesterday:

South 52° 37’ 30” East                 55.00’

Tangent Curve Radius -15, Arc Length 23.56

North 37° 22’ 30” East                 127.30’

If you put in the first and second call the following line will have the bearing as North 37° 22’ 57” East.  Very close but not the call I need for a row of straight lines that follow.  If you try to change it to plat call, North 37° 22’ 30” East, it will just revert back to North 37° 22’ 57” East.  However, if you change the bearing by more than 3 minutes it will accept it. So for an example I would change the bearing to North 37° 25’ 57” East it would accept it.  I can then go back and try to edit the call again to match the plat call of North 37° 22’ 30” East but then I get stuck in the loop again where it continuously reverts to the tangent North 37° 22’ 57” East.

I am on 3.4.2, and utilize a ArcGIS Geodatabase.  We are two mappers and use branch versioning.   My mapping partner is also dealing with the same but is on 3.3.1.