Neara's Precision relative placement options enable the exact placement of objects, such as terrain points or poles, relative to a reference object.
The object can be placed according to the distance, bearing and vertical angle as specified by the user.
To position an object in this way, select it after clicking the Move and Select tool on the toolbar, and inspect the Precision relative placement section in the Properties panel in the sidebar:
To place a new pole with precision relative placement, first put down a pole anywhere with the Pole tool or the Conductor tool on the toolbar. Select the newly placed pole and adjust its position using precision relative placement in reference to another pole.
Using Precision relative placement
Distance Reference object
To use precision relative placement, you must specify the distance reference object (Dist ref), the distance from that object, the bearing reference object, the bearing and the vertical angle.
Choose a reference object from the drop down list to serve as the origin point. Any pole can be chosen with usually either the firstly placed or last placed pole chosen as the reference point.
At least one terrain point or pole will need to be placed before precision placement can be activated.
Input Required Distance
Enter the distance of the new object from the reference object.
Select Bearing Reference
Choose a reference object from the drop down list to set as origin for bearing. Bearing Reference object can be different to Distance Reference object.
Input Bearing
Select the bearing from the reference object. Bearing is defined as the horizontal angle measured clockwise from north between the new object and the reference object.
Input Vertical Angle
If necessary, input the vertical angle measured between the new object and the reference object.
Lock Numbers
When enabled, all input distance and angle numbers are locked, i.e. if the reference object is changed, the selected object location will change so that the reference distance and bearing to the new reference object will stay the same.
When disabled, all input distance and angle numbers are changeable, i.e. if a reference object is changed, the selected object location will remain the same, and the reference distance and bearing will update to reference to the new reference object.
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