The Extend by Distance command allows you to create figures such as buildings, walls and other linear features.
-Last/Points/<Select Polyline>
- Last: The last polyline drawn will be the polyline that is updated.
- Points: Specify a desired point that starts as the starting location for the polyline.
- Select Polyline: Pick near the end of the polyline polyline that will serve as the starting location for the modification(s) to come.
An arrow indicating the direction of travel will appear. Supply a Distance value to move in the direction of travel.
-Dist(LR,DM,NJ,A,B,C,O,S,T,U)
The full list of options are:
| Abbreviation | Command | Description |
|---|---|---|
| L / R | Left / Right | Two L's or two R's would reverse the direction of the line. |
| M | Move | Moves without drawing. Acts lie a "pen up." You can then enter left and right distances. |
| D | Draw | Draws after a Move. Acts like a "pen down." Distances entered will draw. |
| N | Number | Creates point numbers at the vertices and numbers from the end of the job file. |
| J | Jog | Turns off point numbering and goes back to simple 'jobs' of line segments. This is the default condition. |
| A | Arc | Draws arcs based on radius point and end point or radius length and end point. |
| B | Bearing | (-aZi/Brg/ToPoint/<Ang>) Entering 45 turns an angle of 45°. The option allows bearing entry in all modes accepted by SurvPC, such as N34.15E. You can also draw by Azimuth or to a Point ID. |
| C | Close | With two or more segments drawn, close the figure to the starting point. |
| E | Extend | Will extend the line to any selected polyline. |
| O | New Polyline | Starts a new polyline and creates a separate entity, even though the figure will appear continuous. |
| S | Switch | Reverses pointer direction. |
| T | Total Distance | Total Distance |
| U | Undo | Undo |
| Esc | Esc | Will exit the command at any point. |