Joining And Breaking Linear Objects - DeLorme Topo USA 8.0 User Manual

Topo USA User Guide
To Place a Line Object at a Specific Location
Use the following steps to place your line object at a specific coordinate location.
1. Click the Draw tab.
2. To place a routable road or trail, click and hold the Routable
Road/Routable Trail tool
OR
To place a line/arc/spline, click and hold the Line/Arc/Spline tool
(if available), and color for your line/arc/spline.
3. Select the Coordinate option, or use the Distance and Bearing/Angle
option in conjunction with the Coordinate option, and enter the appropriate
coordinates or numbers into the corresponding text boxes to the right of the
text style options box.
Note If you are placing an arc, enter new numbers into the Distance and
Bearing/Angle text boxes for the two base points of the arc only. When the
central shape point of the arc is selected, the text options change from
Distance and Bearing/Angle to Radius and Direction. Enter the appropriate
radius number and direction to change the radius for this point.
4. Click Apply and repeat the procedure for the second point.
The line object displays on the map at those coordinates, distance, and
bearing or angle.
OR
After placing the first point coordinate, move your pointer to the map screen
and place the other points by hand by clicking on the screen.
5. To place additional points, lines, or other draw objects on the map in
reference to the first line, enter a specific distance and bearing into the
corresponding text boxes and click Apply.

Joining and Breaking Linear Objects

You can join two or more routable roads/trails, tracks, lines, arcs, or splines into a
single entity. You can also break routable roads/trails, tracks, lines, or splines. You
cannot break arcs.
To Join
Use the following steps to join linear objects.
1. Click the Draw tab.
2. Click the Select tool
and select any lines, arcs, or splines you want to join.
OR
Click the Select tool
to join.
Note When joining the preceding types of line objects, you can mix and
match lines, arcs, and splines. The result is always a line. However, when you
join multiple splines, the resulting joined object is a spline.
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and select the tool you want. Then, select the line, style, width
, press and hold the SHIFT key on the keyboard,
and drag a box around the linear objects you want
and select the tool you want.