Coordinate readout in Bentley Map

The Input/Readout function on the Coordinate Utilities tool box is used to track measure and label coordinates in the Master and Alternate coordinate systems in your Bentley Map workspace

The toolbox can be found under the Tools menu by selecting

  Tools / Geospatial / coordinate Utilities Input/readout

Select the X,Y icon

This will bring up the Input/Readout Dialog

• Choose Select to bring up the library dialog then select the Geographic Coordinate System you require for your Alternate Coordinate System.
• In the following example we are requiring a Lat/Long readout in a Zone 52 file.

Press Ok

Note : To save time on future jobs add the coord system to your favorites by right clicking on the selected item and "add to favourites'

Once you have set up your Alternate Coordinate System, use the Key-in dialog box to select your tracking and measuring options.

• The Key-in feature is located under the Utilities menu

   

The two useful commands are

• gcoord input track on
• gcoord input databutton on

The commands can be typed in or selected from the drop down panels. Previous commands are also available from the bottom panel. 

Press Enter on your keyboard to activate the Key-in, then point on your graphic screen 

In the Input/Readout dialog box, click the other options you require. These are equivalent to the corresponding key-in commands.

If you have the databutton on, pointing with the cursor on your graphics screen will display the master and alternate coordinates in the dialog box and in the bottom left of the work space status bar.

Using tracking on will give you a constant read out of the cursor coordinates. Experiment with different settings to find those most useful for your application.

To output a distance in metres on the Input/ Readout dialog use snap options and the measure tool to identify vertices. You can measure individual distances or running totals. Both incremental and total readouts can be reset as shown in the example