CARIS BASE Editor : Feature Editing : Commands : Digitize Stream Line
 

Digitize Stream Line

 

Tool

Pop-up

Line Digitizer > Stream Line

Area Digitizer > Stream Line

Use with the Create Line Feature or Create Area Feature command.

A stream line contains points at closely-spaced regular intervals. Stream lines are used to represent irregular features such as rivers and coastlines.

Related commands:

• Close Line

• Digitize Point to Point Line

• Digitize Fitted Curve

• Digitize Geodesic Line

• Digitize Loxodrome

• Digitize Spline

• Digitize Squared Line

• Remove Last

• Digitize Arc Using a Centre and Two Points

• Digitize Arc Using Three Points

• Digitize Arc Using Two Points and a Direction

• Digitize Geodetic Arc

• Digitize Rectangle Using Three Points

• Digitize Rectangle Using Two Points

• Digitize Circle Using a Centre and a Radius

• Digitize Circle Using a Two Point Diameter

• Digitize Circle Using Three Points

• Digitize Circle Using Two Points and a Radius

• Digitize Geodetic Circle Using a Centre and a Radius

• Digitize Geodetic Circle Using Two Point Diameter

• Digitize Geodetic Circle Using Two Points and a Radius

Procedure

1. Select the Digitize Stream Line command.

2. Click to insert the first point.

3. Do one of the following:

• Click to draw a straight segment from the previous point.

• Press and hold the left mouse button and draw the line as desired.

4. Release the mouse button to stop drawing.

5. End or close the line.

 

Pop-up

Line Digitizer > End Line

Line Digitizer > Close Line

Key

<End> or <Home>

Close line joins the first point in the line to the last point.

The new line feature is created.