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Help in Plotting a Deed description

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 17:30:16 GMT

Having a hard time figuring best way to plot this deed. The many radiii are throwing me off and I end up with a triangle. Any help or tutorial would br greatly appreciated. Here is the deed description.

BEGINNING at a point on the Southeast side of James Road (50 feet wide) which point is measured on the arc of a circle curving to the left having a radius of 150 feet the arc distance of 91 feet 7 1/8 inches from a point is measured North 38 degrees 23 minutes 12 seconds East 538 feet from a point; which point is measured on the arc of a circle curving to the right having a radius of 20 feet the arc distance of 31 feet 5 inches from a point on the Northeast side of Thomas Avenue (64 feet wide) thence extending along the Southeast side of James Road along the arc of a circle curving to the left having a radius of 150 feet the arc distance of 72 feet 4 7/8 inches to a point on the Northeast side of James Road thence extending North 65 degrees 44 minutes 35 seconds East 128 feet 5 3/4 inches to a point, thence extending South 50 degrees 25 minutes 8 seconds East 218 feet 11 7/8 inches to a point, thence extending North 36 degrees 35 minutes 53 seconds West 273 feet 5 inches to a point on the Southeast side of James Road, the first mentioned point and place of beginning.

Thanks.

John

Re: Help in Plotting a Deed description

john.vellek — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 23:15:11 GMT

Hello @Anonymous

Welcome to the Autodesk Community Forums!

I am looking at your post and certainly can understand the battle you might be having. Arcs can be difficult at times. I have a attached a tutorial on drawing from survey data (point, bearing, distance) and I hope that it helps.Entering Survey Data using AutoCAD I also know that there are several good utilities that can be found on the web that could help you do this as well if you are going to do a bunch of it. You might start by looking at the Autodesk Exchange Apps website to see if there is an add-on that suits your needs.

If all that fails, let me know and I can try to help you work through the process. I know that I frequently draw all the straight line segments and then battle the arcs last to get everything to close properly.

Please hit the Accept as Solution button if my post fully solves your issue or answers your question.

Re: Help in Plotting a Deed description

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:45:49 GMT

Great. Thanks for your help. The tutorial helped out a lot. The biggest problem with all the curves is determining where to start from.