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CHAPTER 1 The Basics of auTocaD civil 3D
Format: Decimal, two types of DDMMSS, and Decimal DMS•u
Direction: Short Name (spaced or unspaced) and Long Name (spaced or unspaced)•u
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Measurement Type: Bearings, North Azimuth, and South Azimuth•u
Bearing Quadrant•u
From this list, it becomes clear where these settings apply to the tools discussed in this chap-
ter. When you’re using the Bearing Distance transparent command, for example, these settings
control how you input your quadrant, your bearing, and the number of decimal places in your
distance.
Explore the other categories, such as Angle, Lat Long, and Coordinate, and customize the
settings to fit how you work.
At the bottom of the Ambient Settings tab is a Transparent Commands category. These set-
tings control how (or if) you’re prompted for the following information:
Prompt For 3D Points Controls whether you’re asked to provide a z elevation after x and y
have been located.
Prompt For Y Before X For transparent commands that require x and y values, this setting
controls whether you’re prompted for the y-coordinate before the x-coordinate. Most users
prefer this value set to False so they’re prompted for an x-coordinate and then a y-coordinate.
Prompt For Easting Then Northing For transparent commands that require Northing and
Easting values, this setting controls whether you’re prompted for the Easting first and the
Northing second. Most users prefer this value set to False, so they’re prompted for Northing
first and then Easting.
Prompt For Longitude Then Latitude For transparent commands that require longitude
and latitude values, this setting controls whether you’re prompted for Longitude first and
Latitude second. Most users prefer this set to False, so they’re prompted for Latitude and
then Longitude.
After you have expanded the branches, right-click in the middle of the displayed options and
select Copy To Clipboard. Then paste the settings to Excel for review, as you did with the Object
Layers tab.
Sharing the Workload
The print and conquer approach makes it easy to distribute multiple copies to surveyors, land plan-
ners, engineers, and so on and let them fill in the changes. Then, creating a template for each group
is a matter of making their changes. If you’re asking end users who aren’t familiar with the product
to make these changes, it’s easy to miss one. Working line by line is fairly foolproof.
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