Line Editor
It is possible to create lines (orthogonal or not) choosing their color and thickness. These lines can be used to create tables, borders for legends or texts, or even highlight something on the map.
Note: the tools for elements edition (texts, symbol and legends) such as move, align, select, update size etc. do not work with lines.
Operation:
- click on Edit on the main menu and select Lines.
Editing a line on the drawing area:
Create: make available the line editor cursor. If the option "No" is checked, the items Change and Delete become available.
- click on Yes;
- click on Color and select the color you wish from the table; the chosen color will be shown on the "box".
- choose the line Thickness(mm): from the available options: 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5,
0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 or 1.0;
- click on the first point and then on the succeeding ones to draw the lines you want;
- click
the right button of the mouse to end the lines.
To make the line edition easier, use one of the following options:
Orthogonal: for editing lines whose intersection forms a right angle.
Operation:
- click on Yes, for editing with right angles;
- click on No, to disable this option.
Assistant: defines how a line can be connected to another.
Operation:
- click on Extremes, if you want the line to be connect to the other at the end points;
- click on Center, if you want the line to be connect to the other at the central point;
- click on Nearest, if you want the line to be connect to the other at any place;
- click on Normal, if you want to edit lines, independently of the connection between them.
Undo: cancels the last operation performed. If you have deleted a line you will be able to recover it.
Undoing the last edition on a line:
- click on Undo;
- the last operation is cancelled.
If you want to change the line characteristics (color or thickness), you need to deactivate the line edition:
Des activating line edition:
- check No in Create: ;
- the options for line edition become inactive and the items Change and Delete become available.
Change: allows to change the line characteristics (Color and Thickness) from the selected line(s).
Changing the line characteristics:
- select the line(s) with the cursor;
- change the characteristics you want;
- click on Change;
- on the drawing area, the lines will present the new characteristics.op
Note: Depending on the scale, the changes on the Thickness can not be noticed. Perform a zoom for observing better the changes.
Delete: removing one of more lines on the drawing area.
Deleting a line:
- click on the line or select a set of lines;
- click on Delete, and the lines will disappear automatically.
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