AutoCAD/Drawing a survey

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I typically layout a survey with the "line" command by selecting my first point then entering the distance & angle on the command line ie @174.14'>s53d05'00"e enter.  however now, instead of drawing the line the command line reads "point or option keyword required" ???  am i doing something wrong or is there a setting messed up somewhere.  I use AutoCad 2000.

Thanks for your help

Answer
It appears that you are using the wrong symbol for "angle".  You should be using the "less than" symbol rather than the "greater than" symbol.  That's the one over the comma on the keyboard.

Also, make sure you are set up for surveyor's units.

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