Direction Entry & Recall
Direction Entry
You can customize FieldGenius to work with the direction input of your choice. See the Units & Scale Settings topic for details.
To enter an angle using the format selected in your units settings, simply enter the angle. For example, 120.4530 means 120°45'30" if your Project is in Degrees/Minutes/Seconds, 120°45.3' if your Project is in Degrees/Minutes, or 120.453° if your Project is in decimal degrees.
Direction Recall
You can recall the direction between two points, by inputting in the form: FromID..ToID Example: 26..84 will be recognized as the direction computed between points 26 and 84. The direction will be returned in whichever format your units settings is set to.
Unit Modifiers
You can always override your Project's units setting by entering the bearing with the cardinal quadrant indicated before or after the direction. If there is no quadrant specified, then the input direction will be interpreted as an Azimuth.
Decimal Degrees
You can always specify that an angle is in decimal degrees by entering "d" after the value, for example 45.5083d means 45.5083° or 45°30'30".
Degrees, Decimal Minutes
You can always specify that an angle is in degrees and decimal minutes by entering "dm" after the value, for example 45.305dm means 45°30.5' or 45°30'30".
Degrees, Minutes, Decimal Seconds
You can always specify that an angle is in degrees, minutes, and decimal seconds by entering "dms" after the value, for example 45.3030dms means 45°30'30".
Bearings
To enter a bearing, use the cardinal quadrant letters (N, E, S, and W) before or after the angle. For example: NE60.4530, 60.4530NE, or N60.4530E means NE 60°45'30” if your Project is in DMS, NE 60°45.3' if your Project is in DM, or NE 60.453° if your Project is in decimal degrees. It does not matter if you have spaces between the quadrant designation and the angle. You can also separate the degrees, minutes, and seconds values with a space. For example, N 60 45 30 E or N60.4530E both mean NE 60°45'30". You can of course also use any of the "d", "dm", or "dms" (or "g" or "r", see below) designators with a bearing entry, such as NE45.305dm to mean N 45°30'30" E.
Gons (Gradients)
You can specify that an angle is in Gons/Gradients by entering "g" after the value, for example 100g means 100 Gradients (equals 90 degrees).
Radians
You can specify that an angle is in Radians by entering "r" after the value, for example 1.57r and means 1.57 Radians (approximately 90 degrees).
Project set to Azimuth
Direction Entry Examples
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Angle Units: |
Degrees |
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Format: |
DDD°MM'SS.s" |
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Format: |
Azimuth |
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User Entered Value: |
Interpreted As: |
Result (always matches Project units): |
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90.5016 |
90 degrees, 50 minutes, 16 seconds |
90°50'16" |
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NE45.3030 NE 45.3030 N45.3030E N 45.3030 E 45.3030NE 45.3030 NE |
North East quadrant, 45 degrees, 30 minutes, 30 seconds |
45°30'30" |
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SE45.3030 SE 45.3030 S45.3030E S 45.3030 E 45.3030SE 45.3030 SE |
South East quadrant, 45 degrees, 30 minutes, 30 seconds |
134°29'30"
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SW45.3030 SW 45.3030 S45.3030W S 45.303 W 45.3030SW 45.3030 SW |
South West quadrant, 45 degrees, 30 minutes, 30 seconds |
225°30'30" |
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90.5016dm 90.5016 dm |
90 degrees, 50.16 minutes |
90°50'10" |
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90.5016d 90.5016 d |
90.5016 degrees |
90°30'06" |
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100g 100 g |
100 gradians |
90°00'00" |
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100.2345g 100.2345 g |
100.2345 gradians |
90°12'40" |
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3.141593r 3.141593 r |
3.141593 radians |
180°00'00" |
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Project Set to Bearings
The angle codes below provide versatile direction input.
When your Project is set to Bearings, you are permitted to use numeric and alpha character codes for angle and direction input.
1 or NE = North East bearing
2 or SE = South East bearing
3 or SW = South West bearing
4 of NW = North West bearing
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Angle Units: |
Degrees |
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Format: |
DDD°MM'SS.s" |
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Format: |
Bearing |
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User Entered Value: |
Interpreted As: |
Result (always matches Project units): |
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90.5016 |
90 degrees, 50 minutes, 16 seconds azimuth |
S89°09'44"E |
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NE45.3030 NE 45.3030 N45.3030E N 45.3030 E 45.3030NE 45.3030 NE |
North East quadrant, 45 degrees, 30 minutes, 30 seconds |
N45°30'30"E |
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SE45.3030 SE 45.3030 S45.3030E S 45.3030 E 45.3030SE 45.3030 SE |
South East quadrant, 45 degrees, 30 minutes, 30 seconds |
S45°30'30"E |
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SW45.3030 SW 45.3030 S45.3030W S 45.303 W 45.3030SW 45.3030 SW |
South West quadrant, 45 degrees, 30 minutes, 30 seconds |
S45°30'30"W |
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90.5016dm 90.5016 dm |
90 degrees, 50.16 minutes azimuth |
S89°09'50"E |
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90.5016d 90.5016 d |
90.5016 degrees azimuth |
S89°29'54"E |
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100g 100 g |
100 gradians |
S90°00'00"E |
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100.2345g 100.2345 g |
100.2345 gradians |
S89°47'20"E
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3.141593r 3.141593 r |
3.141593 radians |
S0°00'00"W |
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Using Math Operations
You can then use the calculator to further manipulate the angle. For example, if you want to determine 1..2 then add 90 degrees, enter 1..2 to recall that angle. Then double tap in the extended edit field to pull that recalled angle into the calculator, where you can add 90 to it (or perform any other calculations with it).
Note: You can perform advanced direction recall functions that include math operators directly in a direction field. For example, 1..2+90 is a valid entry. In this example the direction between points 1 and 2 will have 90 degrees added to it (if Project is in degrees).
Math operations can also be done using the RPN calculator. Please refer to the Calculator section for more information on performing specific math operations.