CAD Entities

Lines and Arcs

Lines and arcs have the following features and properties.

• They can be drawn with the mouse.
• They can be drawn from COGO points.
• They can include bearing & distance labels.
• They can have their own color and linetype.
• They can include arrowheads at either end.

Tracts

A tract entity is used to draw a lot, parcel, road or any other feature that is made of contiguous lines and arcs.

• Tract entities automatically calculate their area.
• Can be filled with a color or hatch pattern.
• Usually used to describe a lot or parcel but can be used to draw other features such as a road, centerline, fence, or easement.
• Can be used to automatically create a legal-description with the included ProCogo XL version of Legal-Aid.

Blocks (symbols)

Blocks are symbols that you can create and use throughout your drawings.

• Blocks can be edited and new blocks created.
• Blocks can store data such as tree size or monument number. These are called "attributes" and you can create as many as you wish for each block.
• Blocks can be assigned to feature codes and automatically placed when importing ASCII point files or raw data files (*.rw5)
• Blocks have their own scale factor to control their size in the drawing.