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Many tools are available to allow you to precisely create and edit the items in your drawing.

 

"Snap" Features

When you draw lines and arcs with the mouse, ProCogo XL automatically locks on to any nearby COGO points, endpoints, intersections, or linework (in that order). The idea is that if you clicked very close to an endpoint, then you probably wanted to draw to that endpoint (you can turn this off by holding down the shift key).

 

Extended Snaps

Several additional snaps are also available and can be turned on as needed.

 

  Midpoint Snap Locks on to the midpoint of a line or arc.
  Center Snap Locks on to the center of an arc.
  Perpendicular Snap Snaps a line so that it is exactly 90° to the tangent line or arc.
  Tangent Snap Snaps a line to a tangent point on an arc.
  Parallel Snap Snaps a line so that it is parallel to another specified line.

 

Copy, Move, Rotate, Scale and Nudge

These commands do just what you would expect them to. Use them with the "snap" options to draw precise linework.

 

Trim to Intersection and Fillet

Use these commands to trim two lines where they intersect, or to insert a curve where they intersect.

Trim to Intersection and Fillet

 

 

Offset and Offset Tract

Use these commands to offset a line or arc, or to offset an entire tract (polyline) at one time.

Offset and Offset Tract

 

Break, Trim, Extend

Used to break a line or arc into two independent entities. Use "Break at Crossings" to break linework wherever they intersect other linework. Use Trim and Extend to trim or extend a line or arc to another line or arc.

 

Intersection

 

 

Divide Line and Divide Curve

Use these commands to divide a line or arc into a specified number of parts.

 

 

Divide line and curve

 

 

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