Feature Editing : Commands : Create Connecting Line
 

Create Connecting Line

 

Menu

Create > Connecting Line

Tool

Close gaps between two lines by adding a short connecting line, snapped to and intersected with the existing lines. The connecting line is not merged with the two lines it connects.

The connecting line is given a new feature object ID and the acronym and attributes from the superselected line.

You can connect any vertex on one line to any vertex on the other. If the selected vertex is not the start or end point of the line, the line will be split at the connected vertex and a new edge created. This applies to both lines connected to the new connecting line.

Related commands:

• Create Area Feature

• Create Line Feature

• Create Point Feature

• Create Sounding Feature

• Create Area from Minimum Bounding Rectangle

• Create Areas from Selection

• Create Buffers

• Create Corridor

• Create Parallel Line

• Create Closing Edges

Procedure

1. Select a line.

2. Select the Create Connecting Line command.

3. Press and hold the left mouse button.

4. Press and hold <I>.

5. Move the cursor over a vertex on the superselected line.

The point nearest the cursor is highlighted by a diamond-shaped marker.

6. Release the mouse button.

The first point of the connected line is in place.

7. Press and hold the left mouse button.

8. Press and hold <I>.

9. Move the cursor over a vertex on the second line.

10. Release the mouse button.

The lines are connected by a new line. If the vertex selected in either line was not an end point, those lines are split and new edges created.

Example

In the example below, a connecting line is added between a vertex in the middle of the superselected line and the end point of a second line.

When complete, a new line is created between the two original lines, the superselected line is split to have 2 edges and the second original line is unchanged.