Basic Objects: Straight Lines
About this task
- Straight lines.
- Polylines
Straight lines
Procedure
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Click the Line button in the Drawing tab>Shapes group on the CimEdit Ribbon bar.
Click Tools>Line on the menu bar.
The cursor changes to a crossbar.
- Move the cursor to the starting position for the line.
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Hold down the left mouse key and drag the mouse to the ending location for the line.
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Release the mouse button.
Result: A straight line displays on the CimEdit screen surrounded by a Selected box. Handles are available for moving and re sizing the object.
Polylines
A polyline can have as many sides as you need.
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Click the Polyline button in the Drawing tab>Shapes group on the CimEdit Ribbon bar.
The cursor changes to a crosshair.
- Move the cursor to the starting position for the object.
- Click the left mouse button to set the first point.
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Move the cursor to the next point you want to set.
As you move the cursor, a line will be drawn between the last point you set and the cursor.
5. Click the left mouse button to set the next point.
6. Repeat 4 and 5 until you reach the last vertex.
7. At the last vertex, double-click the left mouse button to finish drawing your polyline.
Result: A polyline in the shape you designed displays on the CimEdit screen surrounded by a Selected box. Handles are available (at each location where you clicked the mouse button) for moving and resizing the object.
Note: If you attach the end of last line to the beginning end of the first line when you finish the polyline, you will create a closed polygon. You can choose to have CimEdit automatically close the polyline/polygon objects. - Click the CimEdit button
- Select Options.
- Check Automatically close polyline/polygon objects.