LotPlot - Feature List

Land Surveying Features

Plot maps from deeds, plats, surveys, abstracts, legal descriptions, field notes, and data collector files
Automatic Deed Reader - Automatically draw a deed from a text file or from Microsoft Word
Automatically create legal descriptions from a drawing. (phrases are configurable)
Traverse, curve traverse, inverse, side-shot
Check lot area and closure
Balance angles and apply compass rule adjustment
Calculate slope reduction and elevation by zenith angle
Predetermined areas, hinge and trapezoid methods
Compare lots to see if they overlap and calc area of the overlap
Radial Stakeout
Horizontal curve stakeout
Vertical curve stakeout
Set and inverse points by station-offset along a line, arc, or tract line (polyline)
Bearing-bearing, bearing-distance, distance-distance intersections
Offset intersections
Offsets to a centerline
Calculate curves by centerline and radius; or tangent or degree of curve (both arc and chord methods)
Three point resections
Three point curve
Rotate / Translate COGO points
Place curve and line tables in the drawing
Supports U.S. Survey feet, International feet, Feet & inches, Meters, Chains, Poles, Rods, Varas and more.
Enter GPS coordinates

COGO Features

Alphanumeric point names, up to 16 characters long
Descriptions up to 64 characters long
Bearing recall between two COGO points
Distance recall between two COGO points
Inverse points using point ranges
Inverse points using Point Group Files (completely compatible with ProCogo group files)
Enter bearings, azimuths, or angles at anytime
Angles and distances can be added, subtracted, multiplied and divided during entry
Point protection offers options to Replace, rename, or find next available point name
COGO window contains a readout of your COGO computations as you work.
COGO computations can be scrolled back for review at any time (up to 2000 lines).
COGO readout can be manually edited, printed, and copied and pasted into other programs such as a word processor.
Description prompting can be toggled on or off as desired

Data Collection

View Options

Angular output is configurable to show bearings, azimuth, angle right and angle left
User definable decimal places for distances, coordinates, elevations and angles
Text and graphics are stored between sessions

CAD Features

Over 30 line-types to choose from, including custom text line-types.
Group and ungroup objects as needed.
Create custom, reusable symbols with the Block features
Insert and trace images including aerials or TOPO maps
Draw roads and cul-de-sacs
Draw easements and setback lines
User configurable scaled hatching
Select object by mouse click, a window, or select items from a list.
Specify text sizes in points. Text is always printed at the size you specify regardless of the plot scale that you are using.
Zoom and pan command including support for wheel mice.
Layers
- Up to 256 layers
- Rename layers as desired
- Change color, hide and lock layers
Supports up to 256 colors
Display point names, elevations, and descriptions
Draw lines and arcs
Plot graphics to scale on most Windows compatible printers
Print drawing with border, title block and north arrow

Import-Export

RPN & Curve Calculator

Reverse polish notation
General trig and power functions
HMS+ and HMS-
HMS mode allows trig functions to work on HMS angles without having to convert to decimal degrees
Supports distance and area units such as feet, meters, acres, hectares, etc.
Solves radius, delta, arc length, chord length, tangent, mid-ordinate, external, degree of curve (both arc and chord) and curve area
Calculator can be launched from within ProCogo
Calculator can be used with most other Windows programs
Calculator can be made to "stay on top" for easy access.

User Features