Listing a Baseline Direction Using Inverse Point

2012-03-14

Product Documentation

Intermediate

You can determine the station and offset distance of an existing point, or group of points, from an existing baseline with the Inverse Point command.

Note

For parameter descriptions, see the Quick Reference tab.

To inverse a point from the Survey Command Window

In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the network to edit, and click Survey Command Window.
Click Baseline menu Inverse Point.
Type the start and end of the point range for which you want the station and offset information.

Note
You must define the baseline as a prerequisite.

To inverse a point, using the survey command language

In Toolspace, on the Survey tab, right-click the network to edit, and click Survey Command Window.
At the Command line, enter:
BL INV [point 1] (point 2)

Command Line Example

NE 1 1000 1000

STN 1

ZD 2 90 400

BL IS 1 2 100

BL PT 3 220 50

BL PT 4 270 -50

BL INV 1 4

This station and offset of points 1, 2, 3, and 4 are listed:

! Point Station Offset Elevation. Northing Easting

! 1 100.00 0.00 <Null> 1000.00 1000.00

! 2 500.00 0.00 <Null> 1000.00 1400.00

! 3 220.00 50.00 <Null> 950.00 1120.00

! 4 270.00 -50.00 <Null> 1050.00 1170.00