CARIS HIPS and SIPS Help : Feature Editing : Commands : Digitize Spline
 

Digitize Spline

 

Tool

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Line Digitizer > Spline

Area Digitizer > Spline

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

A spline is a curved line that is defined by control points and a control line. Splines in CARIS are b-splines, which use control points of equal weight to shape the curve. Control points rarely reside on the resulting curve.

Related commands:

• Close Line

• Digitize Point to Point Line

• Digitize Fitted Curve

• Digitize Geodesic Line

• Digitize Loxodrome

• Digitize Squared Line

• Digitize Stream 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. Choose the Digitize Spline command.

2. Click once at the location of the first control point.

3. Do one of the following:

• Click at the location of the second point.

• Press and hold the mouse button, drag the second point to its location then release the button.

Pressing and dragging will give you a preview of the curve.

4. Continue until all points are added.

5. End or close the line.

 

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Line Digitizer > End Line

Line Digitizer > Close Line

Key

<End>

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

The new curved line feature is created.