I have a copy of an old plan showing curved boundaries which I wish to recreate in C3D. There's lots of connecting arcs, all of which are annotated like:
RAD 15
CHORD 21.213
121°22'15"
ARC 23.56
T.L. 15
I can see that the first line is the radius, the 2nd and 3rd lines are the length and orientation of the arc chord, the 4th line is the arc length. I actually have no idea what T.L. is (it's not always the same as RAD) but I guess it's something obvious?
I've been able to get a correct result by firstly drawing the chords, then adding arcs with the appropriate radii between the two ends of each chord. However, I'm sure there's a quicker and easier way. Sometimes the arcs are separated by short sections of straight line which have length and bearing details as well.
Attached is a screen shot of a short length
Any suggestions for an efficient workflow?
Thanks
- Mick
T.L. = Tangent Length would be my guess - you could extend the chords to the Intersection Point as a check
I'm hoping you have this a vaniila CAD File? Perhaps you could isolate all the straights and use FILLET with the specific radius to join each one?
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OK thanks Neiljy, Tangent Length is correct.
The drawing is a scanned pdf. The original file cannot be located. So I have to recreate the geometry using the arc parameters provided.
Regards
- Mick
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