Creating a polyline by entering coordinates

Creating a polyline by entering coordinates

Creating a polyline by entering coordinates

To create a polyline using coordinates:

  1. Select the vector layer on which you want to create a polyline.
  2. Click the Create Polyline  button to display the Tool Settings: Polyline Creation panel.
  3. In the 2D or 3D views, click once to create the start node of the polyline. The position of the node is displayed in the X and Y box in the Next Point area.
  4. Specify the position of the next node using one of the following methods:
    • In the X and Y boxes, enter the X and Y coordinates for the next node.
    • In the box, enter the angle of the next span in the polyline, followed by its length in the L box.
    • In the dX and dY boxes, enter the distance from the previous node in the X and Y axes.
  5. If you want the polyline to be made up of Bézier spans joined by smoothed nodes, rather than linear spans joined by nodes, select Draw smooth polylines in the Smooth area.
  6. Click Add Point to create the node and the span joining this and its previous node.
  7. Repeat these steps until you have finished creating the polyline, and then click Create to end the polyline and close the panel.

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