Sorry wfb, I need more data to make sense of your reply.
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Don Reichle
Hacker Engineering, Inc.
"King of Work-Arounds"
LDT & CD 2004
C3D 2004 SP1
On HP Pavilion a367c
2.80 Ghz/512MB RAM
XP PRO - SP2
"wfb" wrote in message news:4187d9fb_3@newsprd01...
> Don:
> You missed it, Right?
>
> wfb
>
> "Don Reichle" wrote in message
> news:4187c295$1_3@newsprd01...
>> Hey wfb;
>>
>> In his/her (I'm sorry Chakri, I can't tell from your name) example the
> most
>> important part is the placement of the decimal point. Anything to the
>> left
>> of the decimal point is considered by Autodesk to be the Degrees. The
> first
>> two digits to the right of the decimal point are the Minutes, and
>> anything
>> to the right of that are the Seconds.
>>
>> Clear as mud, now?
>>
>> --
>> Don Reichle
>> Hacker Engineering, Inc.
>> "King of Work-Arounds"
>> LDT & CD 2004
>> C3D 2004 SP1
>> On HP Pavilion a367c
>> 2.80 Ghz/512MB RAM
>> XP PRO - SP2
>>
>>
>> "wfb" wrote in message
> news:4187ba5b_3@newsprd01...
>> > You're trying to confuse me, Right?
>> >
>> >
>> > "Chakri Gavini" wrote in message
>> > news:418798bc$1_2@newsprd01...
>> >> Input for Lat/Long data is to be entered in DD.MMSSSS format. So (a)
> the
>> >> digigts infront of the decimal expalins degrees, (b) digits in the
> place
>> > of
>> >> MM after decimal stands for minutes and (c) then first two digits in
>> >> SS
>> >> stands for whole seconds and any following dists in SSSSSSS are
>> >> decimal
>> >> fractions of seconds. This procedure is similar to LDT!
>> >>
>> >> So if you want to type 45 degrees 15 minutes and 34 seconds - please
>> > enter
>> >> them as shown below:
>> >>
>> >> Please specify a location for the new point: '_LL
>> >> Current lat/long unit: degree, Input: DD.MMSSSS (decimal dms)
>> >> >>Enter latitude : 45.1534
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> The above will be taken in as
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >> Chakri
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "kmcqueen" wrote in message
>> >> news:19231065.1099367847144.JavaMail.jive@jiveforum2.autodesk.com...
>> >> > I am new to Civil. Been using AutoCAD since R11. How do you enter
> the
>> >> degrees symbol when entering long/lats using the transparent commands
>> > ('LL)
>> >> in Civil 3D 2005. I tried the mechanical way 45d15'34" but didn't
> work.
>> >> The command line shows the example with the degree symbol being used.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
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