Page 235 - Chief Architect Reference Manual

Editing Closed-Polyline Based Objects

• Click the View Drawing Group Edit
• Click the Convert Polyline edit but-
Tools edit button to modify the ton to convert the object into a special
selected object’s place in the drawing polyline-based object. See “Convert
order. See “Drawing Group Edit Tools” Polyline” on page 266.
on page 201. • Click the Revision Cloud(s) Around

• Click the Break Line edit button to Objects edit button to create a revi-
add a new corner or pivot point to the sion cloud around each of the selected
selected object. See “Break Line” on object(s). See “Revision Clouds” on page
page 259. 319.

• Click the Complete Break edit • Click the Change Line/Arc edit but-
button to break an edge of the selected ton to change a line-based polyline edge
object into two separate objects. See to an arc, or vice versa. See “Change
“Break Line” on page 259. Line/Arc” on page 260.

• Click the Reverse Direction edit but- • C l i c k t h e Convert Curve to Polyline
ton to reverse the direction of the selected edit button to convert the selected arc into
object(s). See “Reverse Direction” on a polyline. See “Convert Curve to
page 266. Polyline” on page 262. Only available
when the selected edge is an arc.
• Click the Convert to Spline e d i t b u t -
ton to change the selected polyline into a • C l i c k t h e Lock Center edit button to
spline. See “Splines” on page 321. lock the center of the selected curved
edge. See “Using Lock Center” on page
• Click the Union edit button to join 226. Only available when the selected
two or more objects. See “Union, Inter- edge is an arc.
section, and Subtract” on page 277. Not
available for objects specified as holes. • Click the Make Arc Tangent edit
button to adjust the selected curved edge
• Click the Intersection edit button to and attached edge(s) so they form a
create a new object defined by the areas smooth shape. See “Using Make Arc
shared by the original objects. See Tangent” on page 256. Only available
“Union, Intersection, and Subtract” on when the selected edge is an arc attached
page 277. Not available for objects speci- on one or both ends to another line or arc.
fied as holes.
• Click the Fence Select edit button to
• Click the Subtract edit button, then use the selected object(s) as a selection
click a second object to remove the area fence. See “Using a Fence” on page 217.
shared by both objects. See “Union,
Intersection, and Subtract” on page 277. • Click the Object Layer Properties
Not available for objects specified as edit button to access and edit layer infor-
holes.

235