Hey Irv,I admire your efforts at developing stick drawings and I have worked with compass bearings as keys to position in my early efforts. However, I have used a grid coordinate system ie bents numbered 1, 2, 3 etc. and post position A, B, C etc. So each post is labeled by coordinate such as 1C or 3D, bent girts such as A2B or C4D, connecting girts 1B2 and so on.
The simple method of managing the information is a plan view drawing that represents the frame, the gird and the reference scheme, rather than many independent stick drawings. When you cull through the stacks prior to layout mark timber for crown and earmark location. When the girt timber is on the horses place crown up, then select reference faces and tick mark and hold the plan over the timber so the side reference is in the same orientation as on the plan and the timber, mark post ends and away you go. In a similar manner, you can control reference planes on any piece.
Good luck
