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> Kent Go no further than to download the current version of Liscad.
If I want to annotate my map with the point numbers of various marks and corners, do I have to enter all that text by hand in Liscad? As it is, I use a macro to write them and manually edit the text angles and origins so they work with the linework.
Shawn,
I do have an answer. Kent won't listen though so it's irrelevant to spend the time typing out the instructions.
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You mention "crappy software". It has been my experience over the last 45 years, that ANY software that you do not know how to use is "crappy software". It's NEVER due to a lack of training or a clear understanding of how the software works.
In my particular case, if I had NOT gone to Carlson College, purchased Jennifer DiBona's excellent training manuals and had not bugged the crap out of Brian and Leonid at customer support, I probably would agree with you that Carlson is "crappy software".
This actually appears to be a PEBKAC problem. 😛
Shawn,
Yes, sometimes the man looks for fleas where there's no dog... but he remains a solid contributor, polite and resourceful. Hats off for that.
(I was raised to respect the elders)
I usually have a lot of filed maps so what I do is cogo each one in a separate drawing project named for the book/page of the document. I use the 5000 series for point numbers on recorded and filed documents. Map 1 will be 5001..5002..etc, map 2 will be 5101..5102..etc.
Then I can insert them into my main project and scale and rotate as necessary. That way I keep the cogo'd doc in it's native scale and rotation which can be handy especially if I didn't cogo the entire thing to begin with and I want to add more.
One nice thing about Microsurvey is you connect the dots in cogo then when you import those points into another drawing with draw lines on it will connect all the dots automatically. Then as you rotate and scale it moves the lines too. I use Microsurvey at work for cogo but Civil3D for drafting.
I own a license of Carlson Survey 2008 (AutoCAD) which I like a lot too, just haven't used it in a long time.
You have stirred your South Australian surveyor.....
> You mention "crappy software". It has been my experience over the last 45 years, that ANY software that you do not know how to use is "crappy software". It's NEVER due to a lack of training or a clear understanding of how the software works.
I'm thinking you may want to work on your reading comprehension. Reread the above posts containing the word "crappy" and get back to us. 🙂
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Kent, when our office was looking at purchasing Carlson software, we requested that they set up a video conference and told them that we would give them a list of functions we wanted to see using our data, with the software loaded on our computer. I wanted to give them a fair chance to demonstrate their software. I set up a projector and they operated the computer by remote session. By the end, we were all impressed. We didn't have to struggle through the learning curve while working with a demo version, they just showed us how it was done.
There are many options available for plotting and rotating point attributes in Carlson, especially when using lines or polylines as a reference.
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My reading comprehension is just fine, thank you very much.
That comment was aimed at those that made the comment. You took it to aimed at you simply because your post was the last one before I posted. You are WAY to old to be THAT thin skinned Kent.
Take a real deep breath and get over yourself. You have this habit of ASSUMING that any and all semi-negative comments are aimed at you, but such is not the case.
I pray that when I hit your age that I am not as mad at the world as you sometimes seem to be. Life is WAY to short to have that kind of attitude.
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> My reading comprehension is just fine, thank you very much.
> That comment was aimed at those that made the comment. You took it to aimed at you simply because your post was the last one before I posted.
Actually, if you look at your post, you'll see that you were replying to a post I made. It's hardly a stretch to conclude as I did. 🙂
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When you out put lines and points to cad you can designate fonts line weight and individual layers for text, lines and symbols. For points you can have point numbers associated to each symbol code on same layer. So can leave say boundary corner numbers on or control points on. or both off etc. Bearing and distances are auto placed at your choice above or below line , bearing above distance or reverse, bearing beside distance along a line. All above done setting up comprehensive code tables for all symbol and line types, even if want a top of bank or toe bank with appropriate line style. No macros required.
Liscad even has US feet.
As I said down load and have a play then we can arrange a skype conference..
RADU
This post is a little late to the party and my experience with LisCad is from the field only and is about a decade old, but the field to finish functionality far exceeded anything I have seen since, which is really only Sprectra and Carlson.
