Drawing Property Lines

Property lines can be drawn with the Property Line tool, or by drawing a polyline and then selecting the Objects from Polyline command (see Creating Objects from Polylines).

Property Line Tool

The Property Line tool interactively creates property boundaries from surveyor’s descriptions. The resulting polyline is composed of line and/or arc segments. The closing error can be automatically drawn and measured. Each segment can be individually labeled with distance and bearing; a curve data worksheet displays curve data.

 

To create property lines using the Property Line tool:

1.	Click the Property Line tool from the Site Planning tool set.

2.	Click to set the starting point of the first property segment.

A red bull’s-eye is placed on the drawing to mark the starting point; the Define Property Line dialog box opens.

3.	Specify the segment parameters and click Add to update the drawing file; the bull’s-eye cursor moves to the end of the segment. Continue to add or remove segments as needed.

 

Parameter	Description
Line	Specify whether the current segment is a line
Bearing	Enter the azimuth or bearing of the line segment; if entering a bearing, a variety of formats are supported. Use spaces (N 10 30 0 E), degrees—d for degrees, m for minutes, and s for seconds (N10d0m0s E), or decimal degrees (N 10.5d 0m 0s E).
Distance	Enter the distance of the line segment
Curve	Specify whether the current segment is a curve
Start Tangent to Previous	Forces the back tangent to be collinear with the previous segment
Back Tangent	Enter the azimuth of the back tangent of this curve; a variety of formats are supported. Use spaces (10 30 0), degrees—d for degrees, m for minutes, and s for seconds (10d0m0s), or decimal degrees (10.5d 0m 0s).
Radius	Enter the radius of the curve segment
Arc Dist	Select to use the distance along the arc
Chord Dist	Select to use the distance between the point of tangency and the point of curvature
Tangent Dist	Select to use the distance from the end point of the last segment to the point of the intersection of the curve
Delta Angle	Select to use the central angle of the curve as measured from the center of the arc
Chord Bear.	Select to use the bearing of the arc chord
Forward Tangent	Displays the forward tangent value
Counter-Clockwise	Select to draw the curve Counter-Clockwise
Remove	Click to remove the selected segment from the property line
Update	Click to update the parameters for the current segment
Add	Click to add a segment to the property line
Previous / Next	Click to move backward and forward through the segments
Automatically create closing segment	Select to automatically create the final segment between the last point and the first

4.	Click OK to create the property line.

If this is the first time the Property Line tool has been used, the Object Preferences dialog box opens. Accept the defaults and click OK.

To create property lines by drawing a path object, rather than specifying parameters in a dialog box, add the Property Line object to the workspace through the Workspace Editor; see Modifying Tool Palettes and Tool Sets. Once added to the workspace, click the Property Line object and draw the path object(s) as desired.

Editing Property Lines

Property lines can be edited using the 2D Reshape tool after creation, or by clicking the Edit with Dialog button in the Object Info palette. Additional parameters can also be modified in the Object Info palette. See Reshaping Objects for information on using the 2D Reshape tool for editing.

To edit property lines using the Object Info palette:

1.	Select the property line.

2.	Modify the parameters in the Object Info palette.

 

Parameter	Description
Name	Enter a property line name
Number	Enter a property line number
Area	Displays the area of the property line
Perimeter	Displays the length of the property line perimeter
Show Name	Select to display the property line name
Show Number	Select to display the property line number
Show Area	Select to display the area of the property line, along with a leader line
Area Units	If using Imperial drawing units, select Acres or Square Feet; if using metric drawing units, select Hectares or Square Meters
Decimals	Indicates the number of decimal places to display for the property line area
Text Rotation	Specifies the text rotation degrees
Fill Behind Text	Select to display a fill behind text
Annotate Segments	Select to annotate each segment of the property line
Annotation Style	When Annotate Segments is selected, indicate the annotation information to display
Angle Format	Select whether the annotations display in Azimuth or Bearing angle format
Show as Texture Bed on DTM	Select to display the property line as a texture bed on a DTM (see Creating a Texture Bed)
Texture Bed Class	If Show as Texture Bed was selected, specify the texture bed class
Edit with Dialog	Click to display the Define Property Line dialog box for editing the property line; see Drawing Property Lines for information on parameters
Polyline parameters	Edits the property line path polyline

For information on editing object vertices, see Reshaping Objects.

3.

If the property line was designated to be a texture bed on the DTM, select Tools > Organization. On the Classes tab, select the class designated as the texture bed class, and assign it a distinctive fill color, or, if RenderWorks is installed, a texture. Select the site model and click Update from the Object Info palette; the property line displays as a texture bed on the DTM. Switch to a 3D view and render for the full effect.

4.	When Annotate Segments is selected and curve data exists, a curve data worksheet is automatically created, showing curve data in worksheet form. Select Window > Worksheets to display the worksheet, or view it from the Resource Browser.