Circular Arc Length

morrieg · Post by **morrieg** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:44 pm

One of the most indispensable tools for me, when working on survey plans, is the WildTools arc tool that lets me type in a length for the arc in the edit window, because that's how the surveys generally specify curves. However if I select the arc later, the edit window only shows me the angle, not the length. The only way I could figure out to determine the length (other than doing a tedious calculation using the angle) is to use the Place Area menu item. It sure would be nice if the edit window for the circular arc showed me the length as well as the angle.

Related to this, circular arcs are designated in the survey plans in the format L=xxx.xx' R=xxx.xx', with the length and radius in feet. It would be nice if there was a dimension tool that created this notation for arcs.

Alfred Scott · Post by **Alfred Scott** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:19 pm

Face Dimension Tool?

Ha!

Alfred

Alfred Scott · Post by **Alfred Scott** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:22 pm

Also, watch the Edit Window while using the Arc by Chord tool.

Alfred

morrieg · Post by **morrieg** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 11:57 pm

When I click the Face Dimension Tool on an arc, PowerCADD crashes.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:21 am

When I select an arc, its length is shown in the Perimeter field of the Edit Window.

And the Face Dimension Tool is working for me.

morrieg · Post by **morrieg** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:33 am

It still crashes every time I click on an arc. Also I'm not getting the length in my edit window.

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morrieg · Post by **morrieg** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:36 am

Duh...I just had to make the edit window bigger!

DavidScottOrkney · Post by **DavidScottOrkney** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 3:30 pm

Alfred Scott wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:19 pm
Face Dimension Tool?

Ha!

Alfred

Hi Alfred,
If the face dimension tool somehow worked with bezier curves you will have saved 2020 for me! It would be fantastic for dimensioning irregular edges in title deed plans.

David

Alfred Scott · Post by **Alfred Scott** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:05 pm

David,

Reasonable thing to ask for but in looking at the programming, the complexity is too much for me to pull off.

I have been out of my office for a week and I’m slowly getting back into things.

Malcolm Woodruff noted that Z heights are not being handled right in TopoTools. The Z height should not be scaled. I’ve now got that fixed.

Alfred

DavidScottOrkney · Post by **DavidScottOrkney** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:56 pm

Good to hear you're back, Alfred.

David

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