Survey and COGO runs inside the progeCAD system, giving you time saving surveying and coordinate geometry commands right inside your favourite CAD package! Read on to discover the main features of this valuable plugin. For a free 30 trial, visit our downloads area. To buy, visit the shop area of our site.
Set Points
Set points by entering Northing & Eastings or pick a point. (if you pick a point on a 3D object, the elevation may be used for the point). You may also set points by entering a station and offset, or import points from a file.
Automatic Linework and point symbols!
Note: Whenever you add points to the drawing a user definable block can also be placed there automatically, such as an iron pipe or a power pole etc. Linework may also be imported from field codes.
Point protection
Complete point protection gives you the choice of overwriting existing points or renumbering points as they are imported.
Boundary Traverse and Sideshot
Set points using a boundary traverse or sideshot with turned angle, North azimuth or South azimuth (use vertical angle or difference in elevation).
Radial stakeout
Select the points you need for a radial stakeout. Create a radial stakeout report using Turned Angle or North or South Azimuth.
Inverse
Inverse points by entering the point number.
Intersections
Find intersections by Bearing - Bearing, Bearing - Distance, Az - Az, Az - Distance, Distance - Distance, Line - Arc, and Point offset to a line.
Draw by point number
You may draw a line from point to point by entering a range of point numbers.
Import / Export
Import points from an ascii file or export points to an ascii file. A file is created with Point Number, Northing, Easting, Elevation and Description. You may also create a Point List for viewing in the same format. Import points from a LandXML file or export points to a LandXML file to share with other applications.
Manipulate points
You may manipulate points in the drawing by moving or rotating them, you may change the elevation of a group of points, you may resize existing points in the drawing and you may also pivot the points about their placement point.
Draw Traverse
You may draw by entering bearings or azimuths and distances and curves.
Good for inputing an existing boundary.
Draw by deflection
You may draw by entering a deflection angle from a line.
Draw Curves
You may draw a curve tangent to two lines or tangent to the end of a line.
You may draw curves by PC-RP-PT, PC-POC-PT and PC-PI-PT
Labels
You may label the bearing (or North or South Azimuth) and distance of a line by selecting it or by picking points. You may label a curve (radius, length) or (delta, radius, tangent, length and chord bearing & length) by selecting it or by picking points.
Label coordinates by picking a point.
Label areas by selecting a closed polyline.
Label station and offset from an alignment (line, polyline or arc).
Listing
You may list the bearing and distance of a line by selecting it.
You may list a curve (delta, radius, tangent, length and chord bearing & length) by selecting it.
Compute Areas
You may let the program automatically compute lot areas by Slide Bearing, Hinge or Radial methods.
Parcels
Let the program write your parcel descriptions! Select a commencing polyline, then select a parcel boundary.
The legal description is written to a text file that you may edit in your favorite word program.
Layer Utilities
You may manipulate layers by picking entities on desired layers. The options are:
Isolate Layer - Sets first selected layer current and turns off all unselected layers.
Undo Isolate Layer - Restores layer settings.
Layer Off - Turns off selected layers.
Undo Layer Off - Restores layer settings.
Turn all layers on - Turns all layers on.
Layer Match - Moves selected entities to new layer.
Change to current layer - Moves selected entities to current layer.
Make Layer Current - Sets selected layer current.
Layer Walk - Displays layers one at a time.
Layer Lock - Locks selected layers.
Undo Layer Lock - Restores layer settings.
Layer Unlock - Unlocks selected layers.
Layer Freeze - Freezes selected layers.
Undo Layer Freeze - Restores layer settings.
Thaw all layers - Thaws all layers.
Drafting Aids
To help you in creating your drawing, we offer a collection of drafting aids. You may insert a graphic scale or place crowsfeet on a line. You may Label stations on an alignment, create a profile coordinate system, label profile elevations by picking and extract a profile from 3d faces or from 3D lines.
English and Metric
Switch between the English and Metric menus.
Use the English menu to use Quadrant bearings or Azimuths with feet.
Use the Metric menu to use Azimuths with meters.