To Create an Arc/Whole Circle Bearing Intersection

You can find the intersection points between an arc and a line that is established by a point, whole circle bearing, and offset.

Note: For parameter descriptions, see the Quick Reference tab.

To calculate the intersection of an arc and a line determined by a whole circle bearing in the Survey Command Window

1. In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the network to edit, and click Survey Command Window.
2. Click Intersection menu Arc/Whole Circle Bearing.
3. Enter the point number of the arc center.
4. Enter the radius of the arc.
5. Enter the starting point number of the line.
6. Enter the whole circle bearing of the line.
7. Enter an offset.
8. Enter one of the following options:
   • N: To select the northern-most intersection.
   • S: To select the southern-most intersection.
   • E: To select the eastern-most intersection.
   • W: To select the western-most intersection.
   • R: To select the nearest intersection.
   • F: To select the farthest intersection.
   • 1: To select intersection 1.
   • 2: To select intersection 2.
   • A: To select all the intersections.
   • P: To pick the intersection with your pointing device.

To calculate the intersection of an arc and a line determined by a whole circle bearing, using the survey command language

1. In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the network to edit, and click Survey Command Window.
2. At the Command line, enter:

   ARCAZ [point] [radius] [point 1] [whole circle bearing] [offset]

Command Line Example

NE 1 100 100

NE 2 200 200

ARCAZ 2 200 1 50 50

! INTERSECTION # 1 NORTH:274.411634 EAST:385.641883

! INTERSECTION # 2 NORTH:30.099879 EAST:94.482471

Intersections are located between an arc radius of 200 with its center at point 2 and a whole circle bearing of 50.0000 drawn from point 1 with an offset distance of 50 to the right.

Intersection of arc and line determined by whole circle bearing