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6. Select the Highlight check box to make your track appear translucent on the map.
7. Select the Show Measurement check box to display information about the points

on the map as you draw the track.

As you add each point, a text box displays next to your pointer indicating the bearing

or angle, leg (line segment) length, and total length of the track on the map. Labels

display when end points are clicked if the Show Measurement check box is selected.

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.

• The coordinates of each point display in the corresponding text boxes to the

right of the line options.

• 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.

OR

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

and then click the line object you want to edit.

• A box displays around the selected line.
• 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:

• 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.

• 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:

• 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.

• Select the Coordinate or the Distance and Bearing/Angle option and edit

the numbers. Click Apply to initiate the changes.