You can create two offsets (reference points) at each corner of a construction feature like a foundation or footing. The offset points
use the point label of the corner with the letters A and B appended (i.e. point 12 creates the offset points 12A and 12B).
The corners you are offseting must be in a traverse so that the traverse
sequence can be used to generate the offsets.
The oThe offset points are added to the traverse as side shots from each corner. The offset distances can then be edited in the Traverse View, creating offsets at varying distances.
TPC computes the offsets and addes them to the traverse. If the Traverse View for that traverse is open, you will see the offset points appear as side shots. If that traverse is tagged in the current drawing and side shots are turned on, you will see the offsets appear in the drawing.
This routine creates all the offsets at the same distance. Because they are inserted into the traverse as side shots, you can easily change their offset distances. One way is to edit the side shot distances for the offset points in the Traverse View. Another is to right click the offset point you want to change in either the Traverse View or the drawing and choose COGO | Compute Coordinates.
If you have a number of traverses you want to offset, select them in the Traverses Manager then from the What list in the Corner Offsets dialog choose 'X Selected items in the Traverses Manager' where X is the number of traverses you selected. Corner offsets will be created for each selected traverse.
COGO Commands - reference