Hi Ross
Here is how you would traverse/digitize in a natural boundary when using the traverse tool to create a new parcel:
- Click the Traverse tool in the Records Tab to open the Traverse tool.
- Set your starting location
- Start entering in your traverse lines (with data entry).
- To enter in a natural boundary for a traverse leg, click the Line tool at the bottom of the traverse grid. (The traverse enters lines using the 2-point line tool. You will switch to the line tool to create a polyline. Cogo dimensions will not be stored for the polyline.)
- Make sure you click in the Direction field of the new leg in the traverse grid and then click the line tool to digitize in the polyline. When you are finished, right-click and click Finish. The traverse leg will be populated with the cogo dimensions of the imaginary straight line between the start and end points of the polyline. The dimensions will be in <>, which means they are not stored.
I have attached a screenshot of the traverse - it has two natural boundaries in it.
If you are not using the Traverse tool - you can also just switch to the regular polyline tool to digitize in a parcel boundary - as Frank mentioned.
Hope this helps
Christine