Posted by thatguy2 on Jul 05, 2013; 7:34pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/The-Beginnings-of-Land-Survey-Functionality-within-LibreCAD-tp5707884p5708505.html

I know for my uncle, he needs to be able to draw by bearing ie N60:25:32W distance 500 feet. Instead of inches, he needs tenths  since surveyors don't use inches. There is also something like a grid where if you start surveying a small piece of land and create a new job in the data collector, I would make my northing 5000 and my easting 5000.  Because when you open it in autocad, you don't want to be in the negative good grid. Then we can gps some shots and rotate it in the drawing to match the bearings.

 Been a long time since I have been in the field. So hope I am saying this right.  Also i remember having to convert points from raw to ascii and I cant remember the name of the OS our data collectors used. We needed to be able to make points on a drawing, and import them into the data collector so we can go out in the field and start with a known control point. We never did anything in 3d but we would take topography shots that had elevations on them and the drafter would make couture lines to show the slopes.