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2. To place a routable road or trail, click and hold the Routable Road/Routable Trail

tool

and select the tool you want.

OR

To place a line/arc/spline, click and hold the Line/Arc/Spline tool

and select the tool you want. Then, select the line, style, width (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

, press and hold the SHIFT key on the keyboard, and select

any lines, arcs, or splines you want to join.

OR
Click the Select tool

and drag a box around the linear objects you want 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.

3. Right-click, point to Manage Draw, and then click Join Lines.

OR

Join the lines by pressing CTRL+J or the keyboard shortcut combination you assigned

for the joining function.

The selected lines are joined.

Note Any other objects selected during the multi-select process are ignored.