Often only one or two sides of a building are surveyed in the
field. This routine completes the building by drawing the other
sides. 4 Sided Building
creates a parallelogram given two connecting lines, or given a
polyline with two segments. With two lines, there is an option to
make the parallelogram as a polyline or as four lines. When only
one side is defined, the program will prompt for the building
width. Besides using linework to define the sides, you can use
points by entering P at the prompt to switch to points
mode.
Options/Points/<Pick a line or polyline>: pick a
line
Pick another side (Enter for
none): pick a line
Convert the lines into a polyline
[<Yes>/No]? press Enter
Options/Points/<Pick a line or polyline>:
press Enter
Entering O for options lets you choose whether or not to be
prompted to set the new polyline width, and for whether to default
the width to make a square building with one sided input.
Pulldown Menu Location: Survey
Keyboard Command: 4sided
Prerequisite: A polyline with two segments or two adjoining
lines