Traverse? Thence angle right 83°05'

[avonmoos]

I'm having a hard time figuring out how to input a line on this legal which reads Thence angle right 83°05'. The best I've come up with is entering +83 in the distance column so the line will be 83° from the previous line. Ideas?

[jcarlson]

The traverse tool can parse a DMS angle, so you can put "+83-05", and it should figure it out. If it doesn't like that string, you could convert to DD and enter that, so "+83.08333" would do it, too.

You can also right-click the previous line and use the segment deflection tool, but entering it in the traverse pane is probably preferable.