Calculate Menu
Find Area
You can find the area of a plot by choosing one of the Find options from
the Calculate menu. You can find the area in feet, meters, acres and hectares.
Area of Layer Minus Sub-Plots
This function allows you to find the area of a master plot, minus the area
of multiple sub-plots.
Choose a master plot from the layer list. Check all of the layers that are considered a sub-plot of the master plot. Press the Calculate button. You will be presented with the area of the master plot, the area of each selected sub-plot, and the area remaining after the sub-plots' area is subtracted from the master plot's area.
Show Current Layer's Description
This menu will create a description from the current layer's calls. This description can be saved to a text file or copied to the clipboard.
Show Layer X,Y Point Coordinates
You can find the X, Y points of a drawing by choosing Show Point Coordinates
from the Calculate menu. These values will use the POB X,Y settings if
available. You can choose the number of decimal places to show the list as well
as the type of units to use. The
list can be exported as a text file or copied to the clipboard.
Calculate Perimeter
To find the perimeter distance of a plot, choose Calculate Perimeter from
the Calculate menu. You can choose which unit of measurement this calculation is
made in. You can also create a new layer label
from this calculation.
Check for Closure
You can check to see if a plot description closes completely by choosing Check for Closure from the Calculate menu. If the plot description does not close, this will show you how far off the description is. You can also create a new layer label from this data. You can also choose which unit of measurement this information is presented in.
Unit Conversion Calculator
Choose this menu option to bring up the
conversion calculator form.
Decimal Angle to Degrees
This will bring up a form that will allow you to convert an angle that is
expressed as a decimal into an angle that is expressed in degrees, minutes and
seconds.
Degree Angle to Decimal
This will bring up a form that will allow you to enter an angle that is in
Degree/Minute/Second format and convert it into a decimal angle.
Azimuth to Bounds
This feature can be used to change compass style calls into bounds data.
Angle Calculator
This feature can be used to convert a plot description that is written using
interior and exterior angles into a plot description that is written using metes
and bounds.
Latitude / Longitude Calculator
To calculate the distance, angle or bearing between any two latitude/longitude points enter the data into points 1 and 2 and then press the appropriate calculation button.
To project a waypoint enter the starting point into Point #1 and press the Project Point button. This will bring up the Project Waypoint form. Enter in the angle and distance to the new waypoint. The new waypoint's lat/long will be placed in Point #2.
The latitude/longitude of each end point for a given layer can be calculated by choosing the appropriate layer from the layer popup menu and pressing the Get Coordinates button. If the latitude and longitude for the POB has not yet been set, you will be prompted to enter this value. You can choose how many decimal places the coordinates are calculated to by choosing the number from the Decimal Places popup menu.
Once the end point lat/long has been calculated, you can easily enter the point data into the calculator above by selecting the point and pressing either the Set Point 1 or the Set Point 2 button.
A layer's end point lat/long coordinates can be saved as a GPX file from by choosing Export Lat/Long as GPX from the File menu.
A layer's end point lat/long coordinates can be saved as a text file by choosing Export Lat/Long as Text File from the File menu.
A layer's end point lat/long coordinates can be saved as a comma delimited text file by choosing Export Lat/Long as Comma Delimited from the File menu.
A layer's end point lat/long coordinates can be sent to the Lat/Long to Layer tool by choosing Send Coordinates to Layer Converter from the Options menu.
A layer's end point lat/long coordinates can be set as waypoints by choosing the Create Waypoints From Lat/Long from the Options menu. The waypoints will be added to the main window's currently selected layer.
Point #2 can be used to set the current layer's POB by selecting Set Current Layer POB to Point 2 Lat/Long from the Options Menu.
Checking the Display as DMS box will cause the lat/long coordinates to be displayed as Degree/Minute/Second instead of as decimal values.
Project Waypoint
Project Waypoint takes the Lat/Long of an existing waypoint, an angle and a distance and calculates a new waypoint.
Or, you can use the Lat/Long of an existing waypoint and a metes and bounds call to calculate a new waypoint.