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Coordinate Geometry Editor

Coordinate Geometry Editor - AutoCAD Civil 3D Tutorial

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Coordinate Geometry Editor

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- We've looked at using the drawing commands to draw our boundaries. But let's look at another tool that makes this simpler. It's called the coordinate geometry editor. To find this tool, we'll type in cogoeditor on the command line, and press enter. From here, we're able to define our point of beginning by either choosing a known point, or entering in our easting and northing values. From there, we would come down to our sides and we would start to enter in the information. So let's start by choosing a point in model. And we will say yes, we do want this point to close back here. So then you can see we have our northing and easting set as the same value. And I'm going to start to type in our bearings and distances. (keyboard clicks) So pay attention to the format of entry there. Just spaces between the degrees, minutes and seconds. And I'll use the tab key on the keyboard to go on distance. (keyboard clicks) And tab down to the next. I'll enter one more to show you how this works…

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