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Configuration dialog. See Editing Feature Attributes and Drawing Styles for more details.
Once you have completed have completed creating the line, the Digitizer Tool will remain in the line creation
mode, so you can simply start left-clicking to draw another line, or right-click to choose a different mode.
You can also create new line features from selected area features by selecting one or more areas, then
right-clicking and selecting the Advanced Feature Creation Options->Create New Line Feature(s) from
Selected Area Feature(s) menu command. This will create a single closed line feature from each selected area
feature.
Creating New Line Features with Distance/Bearing/COGO Input
After selecting the Create New Line with Dist/Bearing/COGO popup menu option, you can proceed to select
the starting location of the new line feature by left clicking at the desired start location. Note that while
selecting the start point for the line you can use the Snapping feature to help align the line with existing
features.
After selecting the starting location, the Distance/Bearing/COGO Input dialog (pictured below) will display,
allowing you to enter distance/bearing information for additional points either as separate distance/bearing
values, as a COGO (Coordinate Geometry) coordinates (see below for explanation), or as a
quadrant/bearing/distance value. Once you have entered all of your points, press Done to complete the process
and create the new line feature.
You can also check the option to Close Path Using Compass Rule when Completing Feature. If this option is
checked, all of the points will be adjusted using the compass rule to ensure that the shape is closed. The
compass rule evenly distributes the shift required to close the shape to all vertices and is commonly used by
surveyors.
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