Polyline Editor

The Polyline Editor window can be opened by right-mouse clicking on a polyline in the Current Project tree and selecting Edit or by double clicking on a polyline in the Current Project tree. The Polyline Editor can also be accessed when creating a new polyline from the Action tab. Under the Active Polyline panel, highlight a polyline and click Edit.

Along the top is a toolbar with several icons. The icons and their corresponding functions are as follows:


New Vertex brings up a dialog that allows you to specify the properties of a new vertex to add.
Edit Vertex brings up the edit vertex dialog which allows you to change properties of the currently selected vertex.
Delete Vertices deletes the currently selected vertex or vertices.
Rename Polyline renames the currently selected polyline.
Reverse Polyline reverses the direction.
Import Polyline brings up the Carlson file selection dialog.
Export Polyline brings up the ASCII file export dialog.
Transform allows you to define a transformation sequence to apply to the vertices.
Zoom Extents zooms to the polyline in the current scene.

Flatten allows you to flatten the polyline.

Adding Vertices

Clicking the New Vertex button will bring up the New Vertex dialog.

X, Y, and Z are the x, y, and z coordinates values for the new vertex to be added.
Type can be either Basic, Target Point Reference or Coordinate Point Reference.
The Reference Panel is activated when the vertex type is set to Target or Coordinate Point Reference.
When using Target Point Reference, select the desired scan position from the drop-down menu and then select the correct target point from those available in the Name drop-down menu.
When using Coordinate Point Reference, select the desired coordinate point from thse available in the Name drop-down menu.



Importing Polyline

Clicking the Import button will bring up the Import Polyline file selection window. The currently supported file types for polyline import are TXT, PLN and CL.
Navigate to the correct polyline file and click Open.

Exporting Polyline

Clicking the Export button will open the Export Polyline Vertices dialog, which allows users to export the polyline to several different file formats.
In the Columns panel, click on the check boxes to include or exclude the data elements. To change the order of the data elements in the file, click on the element and then click the up or down arrows to adjust its position

The File panel determines which file format to export to and also allows you to specify an extension other than the default for a given file format.
The Text panel contains options when exporting to the different text file types,ANSI Text or Unicode Text. The Delimiter Type determines the divider between data elements in the file. The Write header option specifies whether to write a header line to the file detailing the data ordering of the file.
Microsoft Excel allows the user to define the name of the Excel worksheet that the points will be exported to.
Note: only available when exporting as Format Microsoft Excel XML allows users to define the Root and Collectionvalues and choose to Format data

Users can select a preset export format by selecting it from the Presets drop-down menu. To define a new preset, include or exclude the desired data elements in the Columns panel, organise the elements into the desired order and then click the Green Plus button next to the Presets drop-down. The new preset will be added to the drop-down menu for future use.
To delete a preset, select it from the Presets drop-down menu and then click the Green Dash button next to the Presets drop-down menu.



Flatten Polyline

Clicking on the Flatten Polyline button will bring up the Flatten Polyline dialog box. There are three available methods to flatten the polyline:

Settings

The Settings button will bring up the Polyline Editor Settings window, which allows the user to configure which data elements of the current vertex set are visible, as well as the order that they are displayed in.

To turn off a data element so it will not be displayed, click in the check box next to that element in the Columns panel.
To change the order that data elements are displayed, select the element to move and then click the green up and down arrows to adjust the elements position.

Users can select a preset export format by selecting it from the Presets drop-down menu. To define a new preset, include or exclude the desired data elements in the Columns panel, organize the elements into the desired order and then click the Green Plus button next to the Presets drop-down. The new preset will be added to the drop-down menu for future use.
To delete a preset, select it from the Presets drop-down menu and then click the Green Dash next to the Presets drop-down menu.

Tab Location(s): Project Tab and Action Tab
Access Command: Right-Click Points and select Edit (Project Tab) Click Edit button (Action Tab - Polyline Creation mode)
Prerequisite: Scene with a polyline

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