The Manual Plotting Dialog is a composite tool used for two functions:


  1. Setup bearings using line entity(s)


  1. Computing position using two sextant bearings


The computational logic is built upon foot distances and decimal degrees.  Sextant bearings recorded in sexigesimal or decimal minute notation can be factored to decimal degrees using the tool.  The Manual Plotting Dialog can be activated from the TOOLS MENU, or by clicking on the   button on the Button Bar.


As seen here, the Manual Plotting Dialog has three panels.  The top "Bearing Calculator Inputs" panel is used to set a line entity to a fixed compass bearing the in the Map Window.  The two bottom panels are used to setup two different sextant bearings to plot a position based on those two sextant bearings.