This topic provides a brief guide to Editing using the Zoom Window user interface of PEN3D . Click on the text balloons or scroll down for detailed descriptions.
Main program window showing zoom/digitise window:
The main program window with the Topic Editor and the TOC pane selected.
To enter new objects
| 1. | Select the appropriate object, refer to Draw Options for drawing tools. |
| 2. | Now position the map to the desired location using the View Manipulation tools of the Zoom Toolbar. |
| 3. | Now select the start (Draw) button using the Digitising tools of the Zoom Toolbar. |
| 4. | Now move the mouse pointer to the start location and left click; |
| 5. | Continue digitising until complete then press the Stop button to terminate the contour or the loop button to add a final line segment between the last digitised point (Point C) and the first digitised Point (Point A) using the Digitising tools of the Zoom Toolbar |
To Modify Existing Objects
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| 1. | Click on or close to the object. This places select tags at each end of the object; |
| 2. | The options are either to enter the value in the Property Pane |
| 3. | Or place the mouse pointer into select tags and drag the end of the object to the new location |