When entering a traverse, I frequently have legal descriptions that utilize deflected angles. These are among my least favorite descriptions to traverse, and part of the reason is that entering them in Pro is not very convenient. We use D-M-S bearings and angles, so to enter a deflection, I have a couple options:
- Use a calculator to figure out the DD equivalent of the angle and enter it in the Traverse tool as +/-DD in the direction field.
- Right-click the previous segment in the traverse and use the Segment Deflection tool.
- This tool always defaults to DD, so I have to manually change it to D-M-S before entering a value.
- It seems like this always deflects the wrong direction, and I have to attempt the deflection multiple times to get it to work.
- Bearings entered this way are not "linked" to the previous bearing the same way that an entered deflection would be, and adjustments to prior segments of the traverse or the grid/ground correction will not update these lines unless I manually set the bearings after they've been calculated.
In either situation, I'm needing to either keep a separate tool open, or else I have to click around and enter values in other places. I would love it if the Traverse tool was even more capable than it already is, and could handle D-M-S deflections without leaving the numpad.
It seems to me that the presence of a single "+" or "-" as the first character of a direction is the flag that what follows is to be treated as a deflection. So why can't that following string be read in as D-M-S the same way as when entering normal bearings?
