User Guide
User Guide
User Guide

Place Multi-line

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Used to place a planar multi-line.

The active multi-line definition is set in the Multi-line Styles dialog box, which is opened by choosing Multi-line Styles from the Element menu.

Place By

Then the work line is

Illustration

Work Line

At offset position 0,0 as defined in the active multi-line definition (in the illustrations, the position of the dashed line).

  
 

Center

Adjusted to be midway between the outermost component lines. If there is a component line at the center, the work line is superimposed on it.

  
 

Maximum

Adjusted to be superimposed on the component line with the maximum Offset.
see footnote 7

 
 

Minimum

Adjusted to be superimposed on the component line with the minimum Offset.
see footnote 8

 
 
Tool SettingEffect
Style

Sets the current multi-line style from a list of all available multi-line styles.

Magnifying Glass icon

Opens the Multi-line Styles dialog box which is used to create and modify multi-line styles.

Length

If on, sets segment length, in working units.

(Active) Angle

If on, constrains the multi-line to the Active Angle, which can be keyed in here as well.

Place By

Sets the work line's position in the multi-line when placed and how the component lines are offset (see table above). The work line's position can be changed between placements of individual segments. Placing a multi-line in this manner, however, prevents you from using Association to associate vertices with other elements.
see footnote 9

Association

If on, and Snap Lock is on, any vertex in a multi-line can be associated to another element by snapping to that element. (For information about snapping, see Tentative snap points.)

To place a multi-line
  1. Select the Place Multi-line tool.

  2. Enter a data point to define the beginning of the multi-line.

  3. Continue entering data points to define other vertices.

  4. To complete an open multi-line, Reset.
    or
    To complete a closed multi-line, click the Close Element button or key in CLOSE ELEMENT.
    In the latter case, the multi-line is closed at the location of the first vertex, and this vertex has a corner joint.

    Place Multi-line.

    Left: Resetting after entering data point 4 to complete an open multi-line.

    Right: Clicking the Close Element button after entering data point 4 to complete a closed multi-line.

      

Key-in: PLACE MLINE CONSTRAINED

To change a multi-line's attributes to the active multi-line definition, use the Change Multi-line to Active Definition tool in the Change Attributes tool box.

The Multi-line Joints tool box contains specialized tools for working with multi-lines.