CARIS BASE Editor : Feature Editing : Commands : Create Corridor
 

Create Corridor

 

Menu

Create > Lines > Corridor

Tool

Create a new area around existing lines or areas.

A corridor can be created inside and outside the existing area, inside only, or outside only.

The size of a corridor is determined by the distance of the cursor from the selected line when digitizing; the further the cursor is from the line, the wider the corridor will be. The Set Corridor Offset command can be used to create the corridor at an exact width if necessary.

By default, a corridor extends to both sides of a line or both inside and outside an area. To restrict the corridor to one side of the feature, press and hold <Shift> while digitizing the corridor. The corridor will be created on the side of the line that is clicked.

Corridors will not be created if self-crossing lines would result.

The width of the corridor can be approximate or exact.

This command uses the following options:

• Initial Measurement Reference for Projected Display

• Distance Units and Precision

Results will generally be better using a projected coordinate reference system than with the Geographic (Lat/Lon) coordinate reference system which is not projected by definition.

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 Parallel Line

• Create Closing Edges

• Create Connecting Line

Procedure: Approximate Width Corridor

To create a corridor:

1. Select a line or area.

2. Select the Create Corridor command.

3. Select an acronym and set any necessary attributes as described in Create.

4. Click or <Shift>+click on a point at the required distance.

The corridor is created. The command remains active to allow additional corridors to be created using the same object acronym and attributes.

5. [Optional] Click again as many times as required to create more corridors.

6. Reselect the Create Corridor command to exit.

Procedure: Specific Width Corridor

1. Select a line or area.

2. Select the Create Corridor command.

3. Select an acronym and set any necessary attributes as described in Create.

4. Select the Set Corridor Offset command.

 

Pop-up

Corridor > Set Corridor Offset (Display window)

Key

<Insert>

5. In the dialog box that is displayed, enter the corridor Offset value and click OK.

6. Click or <Shift>+click to create the corridor.

The corridor is created at the specified width. The command is still active to allow additional corridors to be created using the same object acronym and attributes.

The corridor offset value can be changed before creating each additional corridor.

7. [Optional] Click again as many times as required to create more corridors.

8. Reselect the Create Corridor command to exit.