Insert Squared Line

Inserts a line and squares the line to one of several parameters. Supports squared and un-squared segments and helps with hidden corner placement. Lines may be closed and squared or left open and squared.

Line segments are rotated about their midpoints to the Square to Azimuth at 0, 90, 180 or 270 degrees and re-intersected with the previous and next segments to square a polygon. Line segments that are greater that the Square to Tolerance are not squared (rotated). Please note the example below is exaggerated.

Attach is supported which allows the current line to be attached, trimmed, closed and squared to an existing line.

If a polygon is closed and it consists of three points, a fourth point is interpolated based on the two existing line segments. The resulting squared polygon is a four segment, five-point line.

See also Insert Orthogonal Line (InsOrt) for an interactive application that inserts a squared polygon by observing line segments instead of polygon corners. See also Insert Orthogonal Corner (InsOrc) for an interactive application that inserts a squared polygon based on an orthogonal method by reading polygon corners.

Key-in	Description	Range
LAY=	Layer number (1-10001L)	1-10001
MOD=	Mode (1=line 2=spline)	1=Line 2=Spline
GRP=	Graphic pointer (1-60)	1-60
WID=	Width (0-255)	0-255
PEN=	Pen number (1-256)	1-256
CON=	Construction flag (0-1)	0-1
NGR=	Non graphic pointer (32bit)	32 bit
LNK=	Link number (32bit)	32 bit
FC=	Feature code (15 char)	48 characters
FKEY=	Change to function key properties	Function key name
STF=	Square to flag.	0-3 0=Longest side 1=Square to azimuth 2=First side 3=Mean of all sides NOTE: This should NOT be used if there are un-squared sides on the polygon.
AZI=	Azimuth to square to	0-360 degrees
TOL=	Squaring tolerance	0-30 degrees
ATTMOD=	Allow attaching to existing lines	0-1
ATTDIS=	Attach search distance	Ground units
ATTCOP=	Close attached line by copying common points	0-1
ATTNOD=	Node existing line when attaching	0-1
ATTZRU=	Attach Z Rule	0-3
DRIOPT	Drive option after squaring	0=None 1=Drive to first point 2=Drive to last point 3=Drive to centroid

Specifies the azimuth to square the polygon to. The available squares to flags are as follows

The Square to Azimuth is the base azimuth in which all line segments are squared to. Each line segment will be rotated from its midpoint to 0, 90, 180 or 270 degrees to the Square to Azimuth. Line segments that are outside of the Squaring Tolerance will be left un-squared.

Any line segment’s azimuth, when compared to the Square to Azimuth, that is greater than this parameter will be left un-squared.

Function key to inherit line parameters from for the new line. Normally, a function key starts this application and this key-in is not needed.

Turns attach mode on/off. If attach in turned on and the first point read on a polygon is within the search distance of an existing line then attach will become active.

Search distance that the first point read on a polygon must be within to activate the attach mode.

If this parameter is turned on then the attached line will be closed by copy copying common points from the “attach to” line to the new line.

If this parameter is turned on then the “attach to” line will be noded with one or two points from the end of the new line.

	Button	Description
1	Digitize	Digitizes a line point
2	Close	Closes, squares and saves line. If the current line has three points, the fourth is interpolated based on the two existing line segments.
3	Backup	Backs up to the previous point
4	End line	Squares the line open and saves the line
5	Hidden corner	Computes a hidden corner (see below)
6	Dig azimuth	Digitizes the Square to Azimuth
7	Enter params	Enter parameters from dialog box
8	Toggle squ to	Cycles thru the available Square To options
9	Toggle squaring	Turns squaring on/off
*	Menu board	Make selection from the Menu board
0	Toggle snap	Toggles snap on/off
#	End	Ends Insert Parallel Line

Once a line is squared the verify step determines the action to take on the squared and non-squared line

	Button	Description
1	Accept	The squaring solution is accepted and the squared line is saved
2	Reject	The squaring solution is rejected and all points collected are discarded
3	Reject-Continue	The squaring solution is rejected and the Main Menu is re-entered
4	Reject-Save	The squaring solution is rejected and the un-squared line is saved
5
6
7
8
9
*
0
#

The following sequence may be used to place a corner that is hidden. The first button 1 is read on the building corner. The next two button 1 presses are on the visible part of the roof edge. The button 5 press computes the hidden corner based on the three previous points read.

Attach allows the new line to be attached, trimmed and squared to an existing line. Options include:

To enable attach the Attach Mode must be turned on (AttMod=1). If the first point read is within the search distance of an existing then the attach mode is activated. The line segment of the “Attach to” line that is closest to the first point will be used to as the “Square to” azimuth for the new line. NOTE: The last point must be a button 4 (End line) to attach the new line.

The first and last points are within the search distance of an existing line. The resulting new line is attached, trimmed and squared to this line. Copy common points is turned off so the new line will not be closed.

The first point is within the search distance. The resulting new line’s first point is attached and trimmed and the line is squared to the “Attach to” line. The Copy common points parameter is ignored since the last point does not return to the “Attach to” line.

The first and last points are within the search distance of an existing line. The resulting new line is attached, trimmed and squared to this line. Copy common points is turned on resulting in the new line being closed by copying common points from the “Attach to” line.