Draw Polyline

Function Description

The Polyline command creates a polyline. In practical applications, line objects are mainly used to describe Polylines, such as rivers, railways, roads, power lines and so on. Application also provides a variety of ways to draw polylines to meet the drawing requirements in different application scenarios.

Function entrance

  • Object Operation tab-> Object Drawing group-> Line drop-down box-> Polyline.

Operating instructions

Draw a polyline by entering coordinate values

  1. On the Object Operation tab, in the Object Drawing group, click the Line Drop-down Button and select the Polyline option.
  2. Move Stop by Mouse to Map, and you can see that the coordinate value of the point will be displayed in the Parameter Input box in real time as the mouse moves. Enter the coordinate value of one node of the polyline in this box (you can switch between the two input boxes by pressing the Tab key) and then press the Enter key to determine the starting position of the polyline.
  3. Move the mouse and enter the coordinate value of the next node in the following parameter box, and press Enter to complete the drawing of the first segment of the polyline.
  4. Continue to move the cursor to the appropriate position, enter the X, Y coordinate values, and press Enter to draw the next segment of the polyline.
    Caution:

    When the user inputs the value in the Edit Parameters box, the input box will be locked, that is, the value in the Parameter Input box will not change with the movement of the mouse, and only the value input by the user will be displayed; Press the Tab key to switch the focus between the X and Y coordinate input boxes, that is, the editing state. Hold down the Esc key to unlock the current Parameter Input box.

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  5. Repeat the previous step to finish drawing other segments of the polyline.
  6. Right-click to end the current drawing operation.

Draw a polyline by entering a length and an angle

  1. On the Object Operation tab, in the Object Drawing group, click the Line Drop-down Button and select the Polyline (Length, Angle) command. The polyline cursor appears.
  2. Move Stop by Mouse to Map, and you can see that the coordinate value of the current mouse position will be displayed in the Parameter Input box in real time as the mouse moves. Enter the coordinate value of one node of the polyline in the text box (you can switch between the two Parameter Input boxes by pressing the Tab key) and then press the Enter key to determine the starting position of the polyline.
  3. Move the mouse, and you can see that with the movement of the mouse, the length of the line connecting the mouse position and the previous node (the starting point of the polyline) and the included angle between the line and the positive direction of the X axis will be marked in the Map in real time. Enter the length and angle values in the Parameter Input box (you can press Tab. Switch between the two Parameter Input boxes) and press Enter to complete the drawing of the first segment of the polyline.
  4. In the same way, enter the distance value between the next node and the previous node and the angle between the connecting line and the positive direction of the X axis, and press Enter to draw the next segment of the polyline.
  5. Use the same method to draw the other segments of the polyline.
  6. Click the right mouse button to finish drawing the polyline.