Help Entering Meets & Bound Call

[Lebowski]

Could someone please advise me on how to properly enter the highlighted call into the Traverse tool? 

[TimHodson]

@Lebowski - you first need to set the traverse options to use "Backsight" angle mode:

Then type -90-56-10  into the direction field (this assumes your backstage units for Angles are set to DMS - let me know if you need help setting that)

press enter and then type the distance and press enter again:

You can confirm the angle is correct using the angle measure tool:

[Lebowski]

Thanks @TimHodson 
Are the backstage units found Project Tab > Options > Units?

[TimHodson]

@Lebowski - yes,

Also note that backsight mode for angles is only supported with 3.4 and higher.

If the traverse is not closing then you could also try the "regular" deflection mode with the identical workflow, but my interpretation of the call is that it's backsight based, and so I'd expect that to work.

[Lebowski]

Thanks @TimHodson !

[Lebowski]

@TimHodson 
The next call is clockwise to the previous call and the call after that counterclockwise (see Angle 2 attachment). However, when I enter those calls into the traverse the are not correctly oriented. Is there something I need to change/adjust when shifting from a clockwise to counterclockwise direction or vice versa?

[TimHodson]

@Lebowski - I don't see your attachment, but the convention is to use a plus sign for the clockwise angle so if, for example, Angle2 is "clockwise 90 degrees 12 minutes and 55 seconds from the previous course" , then you would type "+90-12-55" instead.

[Lebowski]

@TimHodson I edited my previous response, the attachment is now included

[TimHodson]

@Lebowski - I'd enter those as follows. Your line geometry and direction values will not match these because I adopted an arbitrary starting course, but the courses on 2-4 would be what I'd expect to work to close the traverse. Feel free to provide the whole description if you like.

[Lebowski]

@TimHodson I have attached the full legal description. This property is in Cook County, IL for reference.

Thank you for your help!