GEOGRAPHICLOCATION command

Assigns geographic location data to a drawing file.

BricsCAD Lite; BricsCAD Pro; BricsCAD Mechanical; BricsCAD BIM

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Alias: GEO, NORTH, NORTHDIR

Description

Opens the Geographic Location dialog box.

In the Geographic Location dialog box, you can set the geographic location of the drawing by selecting a CRS or by manually adding the coordinates.

  1. GIS Coordinate System
  2. Advanced / BIM Settings
  3. Remove geographic location data
GIS Coordinate System
Reports the GIS system being used by the drawing.
Note: Click the Browse button () to change the GIS Coordinate System.
Advanced / BIM Settings
Click to display the advanced Geographic Marker and North direction settings.
Remove geographic location data
Removes the geographic location data from the drawing.
Note: The geographic location is automatically stored in the drawing and can be manually removed by using this option.

Advanced / BIM Settings

  1. Location of Geographic Marker / Survey Point in Real World
  2. Position of Geographic Marker / Survey Point in Drawing Space
  3. North Direction
Location of Geographic Marker / Survey Point in Real World

Sets the location of the geographic marker explicitly in real world coordinates by location or manually.

Inherit geographic location from GIS coordinate system

Deselect this option to manually set the location of the geographic marker / survey point.

Location
Specifies the geographic location through the Choose Geographic Location dialog box.
Set geographic location manually
Geographical Latitude / Longitude (Decimal)
Sets the location in a decimal format.
Geographical Latitude / Longitude (D°M'S")
Sets the location in a Degrees, Minutes and Seconds format.
Cartesian / Projected point
Sets the location using Easting and Northing coordinates.
Elevation
Specifies an elevation for the long-lat point. The value can be positive or negative.
Position of Geographic Marker / Survey Point in Drawing Space

Specifies the position of the geographic location point in the drawing. This can be inherited from the geographic location or manually set by entering X, Y, and Z values.

Note: You can also select a specific point in the workspace to set the position.
Inherit position from geographic location

Deselect this option to manually set the position of the geographic marker / survey point.

North Direction

Specifies the angle of the sun from north, in the context of the world coordinate system (the angle between the True North and the Y-axis, measured clockwise).

Note: The setting is saved to the NORTHDIRECTION system variable.

About CSMAP

CSMAP is a coordinate system and map projection that makes it possible to access more geographic coordinates conversions and more precise geospatial analysis. Coordinate systems are a very important piece of mapping or geospatial coordinates, and are constantly updated.

You can download and install CSMAP coordinate system on demand following the next steps:

  1. Download the CSMAP coordinate system files:
    • Click here to download Version 1408 (compatible with all BricsCAD versions).
    • Click here to download Version 1500 (compatible with V26 and later).
  2. Unzip the archive and copy the contents into the BricsCAD or Bricsys installation folder:
    • For versions prior to V26: paste the contents into the BricsCAD installation folder. The default path is: C:\Program Files\Bricsys\BricsCAD Vxx en_US.
      Important: The folder name must be CoordinateSystemFiles.
    • For V26 and later: paste the contents into the Bricsys installation folder. The default path is: C:\ProgramData\Bricsys.
      Important: The folder name must be CoordinateSystemFiles.VersionNumber, for example, CoordinateSystemFiles.1500.
  3. Restart BricsCAD and run the command to display the list of coordinate systems from the Geodatabase.xml file, along with the extended coordinate systems from the downloaded archive.