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Topo USA User Guide
8. Click the map to designate the start and end points of each line segment.
You can also drag your cursor on the map to draw a squiggly line.
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The coordinates of each point display in the corresponding text boxes
to the right of the line options.
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The distance and bearing/angle of each new point from its previous
point display in the corresponding text boxes.
9. To finish the track, click the last point on the map screen and then click
Done.
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Click the last point on the map screen and press the ENTER key on your
keyboard.
OR
Double-click the last point of the track.
Tip To get information about a track, right-click it on the map and click Info. The
Info tab opens with information about the track.
Editing a Routable Road, Routable Trail, Line, Arc, or
Spline
Once you create a line object (routable road, routable trail, line, arc, or spline) you
can edit (including reshaping or changing line color or width), copy, move, or delete
it at any time.
To Edit a Line Object
Use the following steps to edit the shape of a routable road/trail, line, arc, or spline.
1. Open the project containing the draw layer with the line object you want to
edit.
2. Click the Draw tab.
3. If the line object you want to edit is not active, click File and activate the
draw file in the file list. Then, click Done.
4. Click the Select tool
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A box displays around the selected line.
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The shape points used to create the line object display as small,
magenta squares.
5. Perform any of the following edits to the line object:
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To edit any label on the line object, select it twice, then type the label
in the text box that displays next to the line object.
OR
Select the line object and edit its label.
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Reshape the line object by dragging any of its points to a new location.
When you select a shape point of a line segment within an active line
object:
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Select the Coordinate or the Distance and Bearing/Angle option
and edit the numbers. Click Apply to initiate the changes.
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and then click the line object you want to edit.
A small green circle indicates the start end point of the selected
line segment.
A small red circle indicates the last end point of the selected
line segment.
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