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Thank you Susan for your assistance with this problem. Your description was very useful for me.  ... View more

The easiest way is to go with the pictures of the car then switch over to the bobcat explanations here http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/spatial-analyst/how-the-source-characteristics-affect-cost-distance-analysis.htm If you are working with an origin cell, then that makes things easier to understand.  So if you just can't move in a particular direction the 'graph examples' will basically should you that aspect.  The 'cost of moving in a particular direction relative to it can be derived and your 'field of view' (ie preferred direction) will be considered.  So if you can only move East-ish from an origin, then it should be apparent that moving due East will have the least cost with respect to direction.  A horizontal angle (field of view) will have different 'costs' since they are at different angles relative to the source cell and relative to the field of view.  Sooo. Start at a point, look at the equations and the figures since it is a 2 step process ... View more