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Editing Arc Based Objects

two separate objects. See “Break Line” • Click the Fence Select edit button to
on page 259.
use the selected object(s) as a selection
• Click the Reverse Direction edit but- fence. See “Using a Fence” on page 217.
ton to reverse the direction of the selected • Click the Object Layer Properties
object(s). See “Reverse Direction” on edit button to access and edit layer infor-
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• Click the Convert Polyline e d i t b u t - “Object Layer Properties” on page 195.
ton to convert the object into a special • Click the Intersect/Join Two Lines
polyline-based object. See “Convert edit button, then click on a non-parallel
Polyline” on page 266.
line or arc to join the two objects. See
• Click the Revision Cloud(s) Around “Intersect/Join Two Lines” on page 261.
Objects edit button to create a revi- • Click the Fillet Lines edit button,
sion cloud around each of the selected then click on a non-parallel line or arc to
object(s). See “Revision Clouds” on page create an additional arc connecting the
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two. See “Fillet Lines” on page 261.
• Click the Change Line/Arc edit but- • Click the Chamfer Lines edit button,
ton to change an arc-based object to a then click an edge adjacent to the selected
line, or vice versa. See “Change Line/ edge to chamfer the corner between
Arc” on page 260.
them. See “Chamfer Lines” on page 262.
• Click the Convert Curve to Polyline • Click the Extend Object(s) edit but-
edit button to convert the selected arc into ton to lengthen other object(s) until they
a polyline. See “Convert Curve to intersect the selected object. See “Trim
Polyline” on page 262.
and Extend” on page 275.
• Click the Lock Center edit button to • Click the Trim Object(s) edit button
lock the selected arc-based object’s cen- to shorten the length of object(s) inter-
ter. See “Using Lock Center” on page sected by the selected object. See “Trim
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and Extend” on page 275.
• Click the Make Arc Tangent e d i t • Click the Align/Distribute Objects
button to adjust the arc and attached edit button to specify how the selected
line(s) so they transition smoothly. See objects are distributed. See “Align/Dis-
“Using Make Arc Tangent” on page 256. tribute Objects” on page 252. Only avail-
Only available when a selected arc is able when multiple objects are selected.
attached on one or both ends to another
line or arc. • Click the Align/Distribute Along
Line edit button, then click on a line-
based object align the selected object(s)

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