AutoCAD Map 3D 2011: COGO and Coordinate Tracking (Digging Into AutoCAD Map 3D 2011)

“AutoCAD Map 3D 2011: COGO and Coordinate Tracking” is one complete topic from our popular book of AutoCAD Map tutorials, “Digging Into AutoCAD Map 3D 2011 – Level 1 Training” in the Kindle format. We have separated the book into sections, taking an “a la carte” approach, allowing you to select just the topics you are interested in or need at the time.

AutoCAD Map 3D includes several COGO commands that allow you to input data in a format more familiar and user friendly to cartographers, civil engineers, and surveyors than typical AutoCAD commands. These tools allow you to use COGO without a lot of experience with the terminology, because the cursor changes to graphically demonstrate what information is being requested next, and the command line prompts you intuitively to proceed.

Occasionally, you may work with data that was collected using a different coordinate system than the one your current drawing is in. Learn how to track, draw, insert and digitize points using latitude / longitude decimal degrees, even though your drawing coordinates are in another system, such as State Plane Coordinates.

AutoCAD Map 3D also offers several useful commands for analyzing geometry, such as angular distances and arc radii. This Kindle book will teach you how to find and use these powerful tools.