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Deed Table

Walks a picked parcel boundary and builds the metes-and-bounds LINE and CURVE tables: each straight side becomes an L# row (quadrant DMS bearing + distance), each arc a C# row (radius, delta, arc, chord bearing, chord), tagging every segment midpoint and writing a CSV.

Command VDCDEEDTABLE · VDC Survey tab › Boundary + Plats panel
Walks a picked parcel boundary and builds the metes-and-bounds LINE and CURVE tables: each straight side becomes an L# row (quadrant DMS bearing + distance), each arc a C# row (radius, delta, arc, chord bearing, chord), tagging every segment midpoint and writing a CSV.
Boundary walked in order: straight sides → L#, arcs → C#; midpoint tags + LINE / CURVE tables. PARCEL A L1 L2 C1 Δ = arc ÷ radius (true central angle) LINE TABLE L# BEARING DIST L1 N 80°32'10" E 182.47 L2 S 34°12'55" E 129.63 CURVE TABLE C# RAD DELTA CH BRG CHORD C1 150.00 96°18' S 47°E 223.6 Tag layer C-ANNO-DEED (auto-created) CSV: {drawing} - Deed Table.csv
Parcel boundary   Line segment L#   Curve segment C#   Table / CSV values

What it does

  • Pick: parcels host or xref'd via the shared parcel-pick workflow; each boundary piece becomes one row in the parcel's own walk order.
  • Lines: quadrant bearing in DMS (seconds rounded with carry) plus distance, L1, L2…
  • Curves: radius, delta, arc, chord bearing, chord, delta from the true arc (Δ = arc ÷ radius) so major arcs report their real central angle.
  • Counters: L# and C# run independently (plat convention) and continue across parcels tabulated together.
  • Bearings are computed from geometry as drawn in grid coordinates, a drafting aid, not the surveyor's recorded determination.

Outputs & settings

  • Segment tags (default on): L1/C1 MText at each midpoint on the tag layer, XData-stamped; Clear erases exactly these.
  • Tables (default on): AutoCAD LINE TABLE + CURVE TABLE at a picked point (curve stacks below), current table style + space.
  • CSV (always): {drawing} - Deed Table.csv, bearings use ASCII d for degrees so Excel renders cleanly.
  • Tag layer default C-ANNO-DEED (auto-created); tag text height and labels are set in the dialog.
  • Distance decimals: 0–4 (default 2), applied to distances, radii, arcs, chords. Persisted at %APPDATA%\VDC\DeedTable\settings.json.
  • Closure and label-completeness audits belong to VDCPLATQC, this tool produces tables.

Dialog

Deed Table dialog
Deed Table, VDCDEEDTABLE

When to use it

  • Building a deed exhibit or plat line/curve table without hand-typing list output.
  • Any boundary description task where transposed digits would be a recorded mistake.

How to run it

  1. Run VDCDEEDTABLE - pick Run in the mode dialog; set tag layer / text height, tables on/off, and distance decimals; click OK.
  2. Pick the parcels (window, crossing, or one by one - host or xref'd both work).
  3. Tags drop at each segment midpoint; pick a point for the LINE table (the CURVE table stacks below it). The CSV lands next to the drawing.
  4. Clear mode removes the L#/C# tags when the exhibit is done.

Options

  • Segment tags: L1/C1 MText at each piece's midpoint on the tag layer (default C-ANNO-DEED, auto-created); Clear removes exactly these.
  • Tables: LINE TABLE (tag, bearing, distance) + CURVE TABLE (tag, radius, delta, arc, chord bearing, chord) in the current table style.
  • Distance decimals: 0-4 (default 2); applies to distances, radii, arcs, and chords.

Watch out for

  • Bearings come from the geometry AS DRAWN in grid coordinates - a drafting aid for exhibits; recorded-plat bearings remain the surveyor's determination.
  • Delta uses arc / radius, not the chord formula - that's deliberate: chord math caps at 180 degrees and silently mis-reports major arcs.
  • Closure and bearing-label completeness are VDCPLATQC's job - this tool produces tables, that one audits plats.

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