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Boundary Lines
You explained and I get it how you used the tax map instead of a plat or deed in the lessons. From what I see you are saving that for the more complicated site plans course. I've almost finished the course and was wondering if you can give me the basics for inputting the boundary in Nanocad using the survey coordinates?
Well okay, if you're almost done with the course then maybe you're ready for this. First understand, if you're not a surveyor, you can't, or should I say shouldn't certify anything having to do with that boundary. If you input those distances and coordinates and the property doesn't close properly, there's nothing you can do about it except report it to the surveyor who completed and signed off on it. As a draftsman, your responsibility is to document where your information came from in a note somewhere prominent on the drawing like:
THIS IS NOT A SURVEY!
THE INFORMATION WHICH DESCRIBES THIS BOUNDARY WAS TAKEN FROM A SURVEY BY JOHN P. FELLOW, DATED 01-10-2024 OF LOT #333, BROKEN LINE SUBDIVISION, WHATEVER COUNTY, SANDLOT CITY, TN 37007.
This is one of those cover you butt statements that really needs to be on your drawing for liabilities sake. Just sayin!
Also, many people have a hard time switching back and forth from "feet and inches" to "feet and decimals", so they draw the border as decimal inches, and then scale up the finished boundary by a factor of 12. This is actually unnecessary. I explain this in the tutorial.
That said, I have the full tutorial that I had written for such an occasion on this site at https://draftinghowto.com/how-to-input-surveyors-units-and-coordinates-for-a-site-plan-in-cad/
That is good advice. I read over the tutorial and don't think I will have much trouble on the input. I am glad you set up this forum and site. I have learned a lot of stuff. Keep it up Timothy. I like it.