Quick Line
COMMAND LICENSING AND DEFAULT MENU LOCATIONS
- The Quick Line command is part of the RPS Data Prep Toolbox.
- The command is located on the Data Prep macros menu ribbon.
- The command is located in the Create / Edit menu group.
COMMAND DESCRIPTION
Creates 3D linestrings quickly without the overhead of the Linestring Editor.
COMMAND HISTORY
Latest Updates
June 2023
Added the N key to start a new line.
Fixed a bug in the CTRL + Click function when adding elevations and arcs at the same time.
Added Header Bar commands to support extended workflows.
Added Command Tips to the command.
August 2022
The Quick Line command was updated to include the following improvements:
- The elevation of a snapped 3D line is now shown and made available for acceptance. Before it was not displayed. This makes the 3D snapping more intuitive to use.
- When you have Plan and 3D views open at the same time in tiled form, you can now draw in either window, snapping to 3D lines or 2D lines as needed. Before the command would appear to lose focus when you moved from one window to the other.
SETUP AND CONFIGURATION
Command Interface Description
The Quick Line command dialog looks as follows:
Name:
Enter the name of the linestring that you are about to create.
Layer:
Select the layer from the layer list pull-down on which to place the linestring or create a new layer if necessary.
EXECUTE
Coordinate:
Click locations where you want nodes for the linestring to be.
If you hold the CTRL key down when clicking a location, this signifies the end of an arc, and an arc will be created after you click the next point (the arc created uses the Tangent Tangent Arc, which means that there have to be two points at the start and two points at the end of the arc that define the two tangents and the arc is then fitted to the two tangents).
If you have back-to-back arcs either in the same or opposite directions (left-hand, then right-hand), then use a short straight segment between the arcs when digitizing them.
If your line starts or ends with an arc, digitize two points on a short straight at the start or end of the line to create the arc.
Elevation:
Enter an elevation for the node that you are creating. Click the arrow on the right-hand side of the field if you wish to skip entering elevations for each node. If you want to be prompted for the elevation when each node is created, click to deactivate the “sticky button.” Note that if the sticky button is enabled and you click a 3D location, the elevation will be extracted and applied automatically. If the sticky button is enabled and you click a 2D location, no elevation will be assigned to the clicked location.
NEW BUTTON
Click New to create a new line, creating a gap from the last node of the previous line. Enter the name for the new line and continue clicking node locations.
You can also press the N key to create a new line.
APPLY BUTTON
When you tap Apply, if the name field is currently highlighted, the name will be confirmed and you can start drawing the new line.
CLOSE BUTTON
Closes the command without further execution.
VIDEO DEMONSTRATION
The following video shows how to utilize the Quick Line command:
USE CASE VIDEOS
The following videos show the use of the Quick Line command in a workflow context:
FEEDBACK AND ENHANCEMENT REQUESTS
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