Edit the course of the line

Command: ZEDIT

Description

With this command you change lines, splines, polylines, circles, arcs and ellipses with regard to their Z values ​​(heights), but in contrast to the command Raise / lower objects not the entire drawing object, but rather individual sections can be edited.

In a vector-oriented construction program such as AutoCAD, a line is described through a point, a direction and the length of the route. For DATAflor CAD has a simple line, a start point, a direction, a route length, a route gradient and an end point. A polyline is made up of several simple lines, whereby the end point of the first line is also the start point of the second, and so on. With a closed polyline, the end point of the last line is also the start point of the first line.

Application

  1. After calling up the command, the drawing element must be selected in the drawing. After the selection, the following dialog opens:
  2. All support points of the selected drawing element are displayed in the table with the following information: point number, height, slope, distance in the projection to the previous point and X and Y coordinates. If a point is marked in the table, there is an automatic preview in the drawing. Alternatively, the point can also be selected in the drawing. Then the corresponding entry is marked in the table.

    The values ​​shown in the table can be changed with Ctrl + C can be copied to the clipboard in order to then paste them into an editor and print them.

  3. There are now various options for changing the height within the drawing object: The options global height, interval and interval over slope are available. Alternatively, the change in height can also be defined by entering a height or a slope.
  4. With [Reload curve] all changes are undone with [OK] the dialog is closed and the settings are immediately adopted in the drawing.

Features

Change elevation or incline To change an individual height or slope on the drawing element, left-click in the field for the height or slope for the point in question and enter the desired value. With the Tab Press the key to confirm the entered value and jump to the next editable field. A change in the height affects the associated slopes, a change in the slope affects the height of the next point.
Global altitude To change all support points of the drawing element to one height, choose below the table Global altitude and enter the desired height. With [To assign] the height is adopted for all points.

The global height can also be quickly adjusted using dynamic input. To do this, use the arrow keys to select the entry in the dynamic input menu Global altitude select or simply g enter and with Enter to confirm. Then enter the new height and press again Enter to confirm.
interval With the function interval a start and an end height can be entered for a contiguous point range, whereby the heights for the included points are interpolated.
First mark the starting point in the table by clicking with the mouse on the green area in front of the point number. Now drag with the left mouse button pressed to the desired end point of the interval. Marked areas are shown with a green background. In addition, the marked points are shown in green in the drawing and the direction of the interval is shown with arrows.
Choose now [Interval] below the table and enter the new height for the start and end point. Have you entered the new values ​​and with [To assign] confirmed, the percentage slope between the two points is calculated equally. Based on this calculation, the points in between are set to a new height.

You can use this option, for example, if the start and end points are known as fixed connection points.
In the case of a closed line, the last and the first point of the line are identical. Since the change can take place in both directions, you can specify the direction depending on the order in which you mark the points. You can also reverse the interval by right-clicking the highlighted area and selecting the option Interval turning choose.
Interval over slope With the function Interval over slope For a connected point range, you can enter a constant gradient starting from a starting point, whereby the heights for the included points are calculated. The slope can of course also be negative if it is a slope.
First mark the starting point in the table by clicking with the mouse on the green area in front of the point number. Now drag with the left mouse button pressed to the desired end point of the interval. Marked areas are shown with a green background. In addition, the marked points are shown in green in the drawing and the direction of the interval is shown with arrows.
Choose now [Interval over slope] below the table and enter the new height for the starting point and the slope. Have you entered the new values ​​and with [To assign] confirmed, the percentage gradient between the selected points is adopted. Based on this information, the points in between are set to a new height.

In the case of a closed line, the last and the first point of the line are identical. Since the change can take place in both directions, you can specify the direction depending on the order in which you mark the points. You can also reverse the interval by right-clicking the highlighted area and selecting the option Interval turning choose.

With the option Label with a gradient In the preview, the value for the slope is also displayed next to the direction arrows for the slope.

With Create slope object is displayed when the function is terminated with [OK] a sloping object like from the Slope manager created.

The option Delete original object determines whether the selected drawing object is replaced by the edited drawing object or whether it should be retained for possible further processing.

With the function [Reload curve] all changes are reset by reloading the drawing object. You can also adjust the accuracy of the decomposition of arcs per full circle.

The Calibration the decomposition of arcs per full circle can also be done in the configuration (command MCONFIG) can be set. (please refer Basic settings)

Insert point

To add a point to the existing line, you can use the arrow keys to select the entry in the dynamic input menu Insert select or simply e enter. Then click to set the new point.

It is possible to construct a new line in the same way. In addition the dialogue Edit the course of the line Call without object selection. First, select two points on your drawing. Another point can then be added as described above.

Further steps