Auto Connect Line object

Function Description

The Auto Connect function allows you to snap a segment line object (A) to another segment line object (B), and Autoconnect the two line objects into one line object in the drawing order at the snap position (the start or end point of object B). When vectorizing the line object, this function can connect the line objects drawn for many times at the position of Node Snap to get a new line object, which can improve the speed of user vectorization. The connected line objects can be different types of line objects, such as polylines, arc segments, rectangles, and so on.

The following figure shows a schematic diagram of a river. The Autoconnect function allows you to connect these individual line objects to a new object at the endpoint snap (green square) during the drawing process, as shown by the numbers in the figure.
  • The Auto Connect Line object feature is available for line layers, CAD layers.
  • The Auto Connect Line check box is available only when there is an editable line layer in the current Map.
  • The Auto Connect Line object applies not only to simple objects, but also to Compounds.

Function entrance

  • Object Operation tab-> Object Drawing group-> Drawing Settings drop-down menu-> Auto Connect Line.

Operating instructions

  1. Make the Layer Settings in the Map that you want to enable the Auto Connect Line object function editable.
  2. On the Object Operation tab, in the Object Drawing group, click the Drawing Settings Drop-down Button and select the Auto Connect Line option from the drop-down menu. Enable the function of the Auto Connect Line object, or enable the function of the Auto Connect Line object by using the Shift + J shortcut key. If you want to cancel the Auto Connect Line object function, click the option again.
  3. Draws a line object anywhere on the Map. It can be any type of line object, such as a polyline.
  4. Turn on snapping to start drawing a new line object by snapping to the location where the next line object is to be drawn (the start or end point of the snapped object). The newly drawn line object can be any type of line object, such as a polyline. See the Turn on layer snapping for a description of the snap function.
  5. Click the right mouse button to finish drawing. The newly drawn line object is now the same object as the first drawn line object, Autoconnect. The properties of this object are consistent with the properties of the First Object.
  6. To connect more line objects, repeat steps 4 and 5.
Caution:
  • Autoconnect's line objects can be any type of line object, polyline, Free Curve, ellipse, and so on.
  • You can only connect at the end of a line segment. If you start drawing at a node other than end of the source line object, the source object is not automatically connected to the current drawing object.