Convert Angle Degrees to Quadrant Bearing

[5FT-20Designs]

I have a text box referencing a hidden line to show the north arrow degrees. Is there a conversion similar to "to_i or to_f" that will change the degrees to quadrant bearing?

Currently the text box has %angle.round(3)%

Number style & CAD defaults set to quadrant bearing.

[DBCooper]

There might be a way to use macros to get the text to show quadrant bearing (but I don't know how to do this).  Maybe one of the macro gurus will chime in with an answer?

 

You could just create a cad line and turn on "show angle" on the line style page.  This angle will display using the cad default settings.  If you don't want to see the line, you could then use the "invisible" line style.

 

Also, just as an FYI, "number style" only affects what displays in the dialog boxes and does not affect anything in your plans.

 

[Alaskan_Son]

18 hours ago, 5FT-20Designs said:

I have a text box referencing a hidden line to show the north arrow degrees. Is there a conversion similar to "to_i or to_f" that will change the degrees to quadrant bearing?

Currently the text box has %angle.round(3)%

Number style & CAD defaults set to quadrant bearing.

 

There's not simple one line method to do this, but can definitely be done with a custom macro and I can help set that up for you if you'd like.  

 

That being said, I would definitely need more information about what you're trying to accomplish though because quadrant bearings are defined according to North and so that angle you're trying to display should always simply be N0°W no matter what angle the line is at. 

[5FT-20Designs]

Michael,

Not sure if this is best practice, normally unless there is a reason not too, I align a new building 0/90 degrees from the property line or the road.   I rotate the survey so the property line or road I’m aligning with is horizontal/vertical.  I then rotate the North arrow the same amount to maintain the correct quadrant bearings on the survey.

 

I believe DB’s suggestion will work for what I need.

[Alaskan_Son]

9 minutes ago, 5FT-20Designs said:

Michael,

Not sure if this is best practice, normally unless there is a reason not too, I align a new building 0/90 degrees from the property line or the road.   I rotate the survey so the property line or road I’m aligning with is horizontal/vertical.  I then rotate the North arrow the same amount to maintain the correct quadrant bearings on the survey.

 

I believe DB’s suggestion will work for what I need.

 

That all sounds reasonable.  What seems odd to me though is that it sounds like you're essentially attempting to display the North Arrow angle in Quadrant Bearings, but that will only ever be N0°W (or N0°E).  It would seem that the text alone would suffice and that placing any extra lines or macros would be totally unnecessary.  Am I missing something?

[5FT-20Designs]

 

On 5/12/2025 at 12:08 PM, Alaskan_Son said:

 

That all sounds reasonable.  What seems odd to me though is that it sounds like you're essentially attempting to display the North Arrow angle in Quadrant Bearings, but that will only ever be N0°W (or N0°E).  It would seem that the text alone would suffice and that placing any extra lines or macros would be totally unnecessary.  Am I missing something?

 

Just trying to show the relative north direction after rotating the plot plan to orientate the building to a 0/90 degree axis.  

I’m going to delete the quadrant notation as I see now, this could cause some confusion.

Thanks for the help.