Edit Polyline

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This command allows to modify a polyline manually.

Select one polyline and launch the command.

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Red balls will be displayed on vertices.

Small blue balls will be displayed on segments.

These balls are displayed according to the current zoom factor.

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Select vertices and press DEL to remove them.

Vertices can be selected even if they are not displayed (due to the current zoom factor).

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  1. Keep the mouse on a ball to display options, then choose one:

    1. Move a vertex by dragging and dropping a red ball. Press SHIFT to snap on another object.

    2. Select several red balls to translate vertices and/or segments by drag and drop.

    3. images/download/attachments/113547132/NewPoint.svg : add a new segment.

    4. images/download/attachments/113547132/NewPointPerpendicular.svg : add a new perpendicular segment.

    5. images/download/attachments/113547132/NewPointPerpendicular.svg +SHIFT: add a new perpendicular segment and extend it to another polyline.

    6. images/download/attachments/113547132/ExtendShorten.svg : extend or shorten the segment.

    7. images/download/attachments/113547132/ExtendShorten.svg +SHIFT: extend the segment to another polyline.

    8. images/download/attachments/113547132/NewVertex.svg : insert a new vertex.

  2. Repeat with another option.

  3. Press ESC or ENTER to validate and exit the command.

New vertices will be added in the current polyline best plane, unless all current vertices are aligned (screen direction will be used instead).