September 2005 - CEDRA Corporation
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1. 15 Click at the Yes button to confirm the feature selection after which the text will be displayed 16 Click on top of the line to display the dialog box of Figure 4 in which enter the following in the indicated data fields Annotation Offset 5 Text String SAMPLE F 17 Click at the OK button and then click the Yes button to confirm the feature selection after which the text string will be displayed Shown in Figure 5 are the six strings which were created as a result of the above steps Note the following AMPLE A amp L SA Figure5 Creating Text Annotation e The text angle pertains only to text annotated at a specific point e The annotation offset pertains only to text annotated along a line or between two points e A positive offset places the anno tation to the right of the direction of the line while a negative offset places the annotation to the left Center Existing Text Between 2 Points We will now proceed to relocate certain of the text strings that were created above but before we do that we should save the work done so far Thus e Click at the Editor menu e Select the Stop Editing option and e Click at the Yes button The CEDRA Corporation Command Of The Month Next let us create a point Pt 3 to be located due west from the upper right point Pt 2 after which we will project it upon the line that was previously cre ated to establish Pt 4 see Figure 6 T2. SAMPLE C text string to highlight it and display the con ventional feature confirmation query box 5 Click at the Yes button to confirm and then click on top of the normal line recently created to highlight it and display the conventional fea ture confirmation query box Click at the Yes button to confirm The text string 1s relocated to the right of the last said line The command is still active We may continue with relocating additional text strings but we get the idea and we decide to say this is enough Orient Existing Text Along A Direction Again we will basically do the same thing but this time we will specify the direction of the string So 1 Click at the Set Graphic Text Angle Explicit g tool and then click at the SAMPLE B text string to high light it and display the conven tional feature confirmation query box 2 Click at the Yes button confirm and display the dialog box of Figure 7 s TransformShapes Enis Darie Posie Una drisk r iep dre Hi Basin Dust Ce ia Carin lings be a iee Figure 7 Text Direction Dialog Box 3 Enter 30 in the Azimuth in Degs or d m s data field followed by click ing the OK button We will repeat the same command which is still active to reorient another text string 4 Click at the SAMPLE A text string to highlight it and display the con ventional feature confirmation query box 5 Click at the Yes button confirm and display the dialog box
3. The second curve to be created requires the direct entry of a radius value To accomplish this the Enter Distance by property within the AVcad Properties command under the CEDRA commands combo box needs to be set Hence e Scroll down in the CEDRA com mands combo box select the A Vcad Properties command and in the choice list for the Enter Distance by property select the Direct En try option followed by clicking the OK button 5 Click at the Curve 7 tool Circu lar arc given radius and 2 points 6 Referencing Figure 6 click on top of the Pt 2 point and then click on top of the Pt 1 point to display the dialog box 7 In the displayed dialog box enter 150 in the Enter Curve Radius data field as the radius of the curve to be created accept all other defaults and then click at the OK button to display the curve and a query box whether to create the 360 supple ment arc or not 8 Click at the Yes button to create the 360 supplement and then click at the No button to terminate the command The curve that was created is shown in Figure 12 We will now reposition the annotation features to follow the curves 9 Click at the Curved Text F tool click at the TEXT C text string and then click at the Yes button in the displayed query message box to confirm the selection 10 Click at the first created curve and then click at the Yes button in the displayed query message box to confirm the selection T
4. and Scale tool This new tool has been placed in this toolbar to reduce the number of clicks when working with text transformations Usually a user will relocate several text strings during a sequence of operations create a new text string of a spe cific font size and position the text at a predefined location Its use is demonstrated later on in this issue e The Set Graphic Text Angle 2 Pts p tool is new yet it operates in an identical manner with the Set Graphic Text Angle 2 Pts option which appears in the mode of op eration choice list presented by the Rotate Translate and Scale tool This command enables the user to select an existing text string and center it between two points each 1 The CEDRA Corporation Total CADD for Engineers Bridging Engineering and GIS Fax Copyright 2005 The CEDRA Corporation The CEDRA logos CEDRA AVseries CEDRA AVcad CEDRA AVcogo CEDRA AVparcel CEDRA A Vland CEDRA AVsand CEDRA AVwater CEDRA DataEditor and CEDRA DxfExport are trademarks of The CEDRA Corporation ArcView GIS and ArcGIS are registered trademarks of Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc All World Rights Reserved Phone 585 232 6998 585 262 2042 65 West Broad Street Rochester New York 14614 E mail cedra cedra com URL http www cedra com The CEDRA Corporation Command Of The Month 2 defined by a pick Its use is dem onstrated later on in this issue e Th
5. of Figure 7 6 Enter 0 in the Azimuth in Degs or d m s data field followed by click ing the OK button Reference is made to Figure 8 to see the results of the above steps SAMPLE D SAMPLE F Figure 8 Relocated Text Translate and or Rotate A Text String In the one before the last exercise above we relocated the SAMPLE B text string We now decide that we do not like its position and that we would rather have it a higher by 20 feet b to the left by 25 feet and c rotated 10 degrees coun terclockwise To do that we must first select the text string to be processed 1 Use any of the available means to select the feature For example click at the Relocation 1 Poi tool Move endpoint or keynode of a feature and then click at the SAMPLE B text string to highlight it and display the conventional feature query box 2 Click at the Yes button and then click at the Rotate Translate and Scale w o Baseline te tool to dis play the dialog box of Figure 9 Trantfer mShapes es CY Diksi te Teri Fpdaion ingens HLE Fgh ScaeFucte 10 Cond Paid Loceianrs Lor Lak Cora Figure 9 Transformation Dialog Box 3 Enter the following data in the in dicated data fields DX Differential X Axis 25 DY Differential Y Axis 20 Rotation in degrees 10 and then click at the OK button to shift and rotate the text The text is translated and rotated the command is still active with the dialog box of Figure 9 st
6. Click at the Yes button to confirm and then click on top of Pt 2 and then click on top of Pt 3 The text string is relocated to the left be low of the implied line between the two selected points in accord with their sequence of selection The command is still active We may continue with relocating additional text strings but we get the idea and we decide to say this is enough Center Existing Text Along A Line We will now do basically do the same thing but instead of positioning a text string between two points we will posi tion them along a line maintaining the same offset distance So 1 Click at the Set Graphic Text Angle Pick Line 4 tool then click at the SAMPLE E text string to highlight it and display the conventional feature confirmation query box 2 Click at the Yes button to confirm and then click on top of the normal line recently created to highlight it and display the conventional fea ture confirmation query box Click at the Yes button to confirm The text string is relocated to the left of the last said line The command is still active but this time we will change the sign of the annotation offset distance 3 Scroll down at the Text Properties commands combo box select the The CEDRA Corporation Command Of The Month Change Text properties command and in the displayed dialog box enter 5 in the Annotation Offset data field followed by clicking the OK button 4 Click at the
7. Create a text string E amp tool and then click anywhere in the map display area to display the dia log box of Figure 4 Create Text String Entee bead phere hobs Ted ie Wo Tiar Pai gh Erla Weit a Taasiey EON PLE TEXT STRING Figure 4 Create Text String Dialog Box 2 Enter SAMPLE TEXT STRING in the data field to the right of the label Text String after which scroll down in the e Text Style choice data field and select the Normal option e Text Positioning choice data field and select the Positioned at Pick option followed by clicking at the OK button to create the text string Note that the last entered data will be remembered for the next use of this command Furthermore if this is the first text string that is being created for the current active layer the user will be prompted to confirm the name of the Personal GeoDatabase PGD to be created Additionally the user will need to make sure that the False X and False Y values are properly defined for the PGD The reader is referred to the 2005 May issue for more information pertaining to De termining the False X and Y coor dinates Once the PGD has been estab lished the tool will display an an notation feature whose low left cor ner 1s located at the coordinates of the pick made in Step 1 The CEDRA Corporation Command Of The Month 3 Click at the Edit menu and select the Undo Create Text String to delete the text that
8. The CEDRA Corporation s Commanp oF THE MontH A monthly information bulletin September 2005 FEATURED COMMAND Enhancements to the Annotation Tools Application Description In this year s May issue we addressed CEDRA s methodology for creating and manipulating the annotation of features Since that time within the ArcGIS imple mentation of our software two tool bars have been expanded to enhance the an notation capabilities and ease the ma nipulation of annotation These two toolbars now contain a total of eight tools whereas before they only con tained two It is noted that prior to these enhance ments certain of these eight tools did exist in the form of choice list options within the Rotate Translate and Scale command As aresult of these enhance ments these choice list options are still available within the Rotate Translate and Scale command but in addition icon in the Utilities toolbar at the bottom of the CEDRA Tool Palette This tool appears in this toolbar for those users that choose not to dis play said palette in an effort to gain working screen real estate Although certain of the choice op tions presented by this command may be used to manipulate anno tation features or text strings its main use is in the reorientation or transformation of groups of points lines curves and text The user is referred to the User s manual or to the on line help Because of the many option
9. down choice list Position A Text String Along A Curve As we approach the end of this issue it is apropos to address the positioning of a text string along a curve or polyline For this exercise we will create two curves one progressing in a counter clockwise rotation and the other in a clockwise rotation 1 Click at the Tangent Curve 5 s tool Arc of given radius tangent to 2 lines 2 Click a bit to the left of the line con necting Pt 1 and Pt 2 see Figure 12 to denote that the curve to be created will be to the left of this line and then click at the Yes button of Figure 12 Curves For Annotation The CEDRA Corporation Command Of The Month 7 the displayed feature confirmation query box 3 Click a bit below the line connect ing Pt 3 and Pt 4 see Figure 12 to denote that the curve to be created will be below and to the left of this line and then click at the Yes but ton of the displayed feature confir mation query box 4 In the displayed dialog box enter 100 in the Curve Radius data field as the radius of the curve to be cre ated accept all other defaults and then click at the OK button to dis play the curve The curve that was created is shown in Figure 12 Note depending upon the coordi nate system a different radius value may need to be specified If the curve that is created is not large enough undo the curve and re peat the step using a larger radius value
10. e Set Graphic Text Angle Pick Line tool is new yet it oper ates in an identical manner with the Set Graphic Text Angle Pick Line op tion which appears in the mode of operation choice list presented by the Rotate Translate and Scale tool This command enables the user to select an existing text string and center it along a user selected line Its use is demonstrated later on in this issue e The Set Graphic Text Angle Ex plicit g tool is new yet it oper ates in an identical manner with the SetGraphic TextAngle Explicit option which appears in the mode of op eration choice list presented by the Rotate Translate and Scale tool This command enables the user to select an existing text string and orient it in a specific direction by pivoting it about its low left corner Its use is demonstrated later on in this issue e The Edit a text string tool is totally new This command enables the user to select an existing text string and change its textual content Its use is demonstrated later on in this is sue e The Curved Text tool is totally new This command enables the user to select an existing text string and position it along a user selected curve polyline Its use is demon strated later on in this issue The 2005 May issue described the vari ous methods of mass annotation and individual text string creation as well as text string manipulation The new reader and novic
11. e low left point Pt 1 in Figure 3 to display the dia log box of Figure 4 in which e Enter the following in the indi cated data fields Text Angle 0 Annotation Offset 15 Text String SAMPLE C e Scroll down in the Text Posi tioning choice data field and select the Centered about 2 Points option and then click at the OK button 11 Click at or near the upper right point Pt 2 in Figure 3 to display the text We will now repeat the last two steps but in the process we will reverse the direction of the point picking 12 Click first at or near the upper right point Pt 2 in Figure 3 to display the dialog box of Figure 4 in which enter the following in the indicated data fields Annotation Offset 25 Text String SAMPLE D 13 Click at or near the low left point Pt 1 in Figure 3 to display the text We will now create a text string such that it is centered about the line that we created at the start of this exercise Re member that the direction of this line is from the low left to the upper right point 14 Click on top of the line to display the dialog box of Figure 4 in which e Enter the following in the indi cated data fields Annotation Offset 5 Text String SAMPLE E e Scroll down in the Text Posi tioning choice data field and select the Centered about a Line option and then click at the OK button to display the conventional feature verification message box for the selected line
12. e reader will notice the label Use value of L_Otx At tribute which appears to the left of the second data field When selecting an annotation feature to be edited the tool tries to find a line feature in addition to an annotation feature If only an annotation feature can be found the command will display the name of the layer that the annotation feature resides in within the label and in the drop down choice list all of the at tributes in the annotation layer If a line feature can be found in addi tion to an annotation feature the com mand will display the name of the layer that the line feature resides in within the label and in the drop down choice list all of the attributes in the line layer In editing a text string the user can scroll down in this data field select any of the desired attributes that are displayed and have it assigned to the text string that is being edited For example the user has displayed on the map a street centerline layer and an annotation layer containing the street names Within the street centerline layer is a field called ST NAME which con tains the street name The user wishes to assign the ST_NAME value to an existing annotation feature Using the Edit a text string tool the user can make a pick such that the tool will find both the existing annotation feature and the appropriate line feature Afterwards the user can then select the ST NAME attribute from the drop
13. e user may wish to pe ruse that issue for memory refreshing prior to continuing with this issue The intent of the examples below are to dem onstrate the use of the tools identified above Since these tools do not affect the mass annotation capabilities the examples presented below concentrate on the creation of distinct text strings and manipulation thereof In perusing the text below it 1s recom mended that the reader opens a new or existing map document Afterwards it is recommended that the CEDRA Tool Palette be displayed Some of the geo metric tools in the palette will be used to create point line and curve features which will be referenced in the exercises Once the map display has been set and the palette made visible use any of the available CEDRA tools to create two points and join them with a line see Figure 3 Note the following 1 Position the two points at a 45 Car tesian direction and say 200 feet meters apart and 2 Drawthe line from the low left point towards the upper right point as shown in Figure 3 Remember that the direction of this line is from the low left point Pt 1 towards the upper right point Pt 2 You may want to zoom in a bit but be mindful to leave some blank space around the two points and the line ee Pie Figure 3 Working Points And Line Creating New Text Strings We will first create text strings at user specified locations in the map 1 Click at the
14. he distance between Pt 2 and Pt 3 will be approximately one half the distance be tween Pt 1 and Pt 2 Following this we will create a line normal to the existing line by connecting Pt 3 and Pt 4 Figure6 Prepare For Text Relocation To determine the distance between Pt 1 and Pt 2 use the Echo 1 4 tool Echo direction and distance between 2 points As such do the following e Click at the Echo 1 1 tool e Click on top of Pt 1 e Click on top of Pt 2 e Make a mental note of the value which appears to the right of the Length label Click at the OK but ton to dismiss the dialog box To establish Pt 3 do the following e Click at the Point 3 4 tool Points w direction and distance from a base point e Click on top of Pt 2 e Click at the Yes button to confirm e Enter XXXX in the Distance data field where xxxx is approximately one half the distance between Pt 1 and Pt 2 and then click at the OK button The minus sign charac ter denotes that the point should be created to the left of Pt 2 e If prompted click at the Cancel but ton to terminate the command e Click at the Point 5 we tool Project a point on a line or curve feature e Click at the existing line to display the conventional feature confirma tion query box and then click the Yes button to confirm the selection e Click at or near Pt 3 to project it upon the selected line Now create the normal line by e Cl
15. he dialog box of Figure 13 is displayed Ente the Gureed Tied Paiaren Hei rake Gl ACI Yie aah a in TedSemg TESTE Fip aren Ro Figure 13 Curved Text Dialog Box 11 Enter 4 in the Y offset value data field scroll down in the Flip Anno tation data field select the Yes option and then click at the OK button to relocate the text string The dialog box 1s still displayed 12 Enter 50 in the X offset value data field and then click at the OK but ton to relocate the text string Note that the dialog box is still displayed 13 Enter 60 in the X offset value data field and then click at the OK but ton to relocate the text string Note that the dialog box is still displayed 14 Click at the Cancel button to termi nate the repositioning of the anno tation feature The command is still active to process another annotation feature 15 Repeat the above steps from Step 11 but this time select the TEXT F text string and the second curve and this time use your desired data to relocate the string Refer to Fig ure 14 Figure 14 Curved Text Note that in relocating a text string a provision is made to also edit the con tents of the text string by entering the desired text in the Text String data field So that the user can alter the text in addition to placing it along a curve Summary It is believed that these two toolbars with the recent enhancements will greatly facilitate the manipulati
16. icking at the Line 1 _ tool then e Click on top of Pt 3 e Click on top of Pt 4 Now we proceed with the relocation of the existing text strings using the sec ond third and fourth from the left tools of the CEDRA Text Tools toolbar Note that in positioning a text string a between two points or b along a line the CEDRA tools utilize an offset dis tance value This value is defined by the setting of the Annotation Offset pa rameter within the Change Text P roper ties command under the Text Properties commands combo box Hence e Scroll down in the Text Properties commands combo box select the Change Text Properties command and in the dialog box enter 5 in the Annotation Offset data field fol lowed by clicking the OK button Now let us proceed with the annotation relocation tools using the annotation offset value defined above 1 Click at the Set Graphic Text Angle 2 Pts p tool and then click at the SAMPLE D text string to highlight it and display the conventional feature confirmation query box 2 Click at the Yes button to confirm and then click on top of Pt 3 and then click on top of Pt 2 The text string is relocated to the left above of the implied line between the two selected points in accord with their sequence of selection The command is still active 3 Click at the SAMPLE F text string to highlight it and display the con ventional feature confirmation query box 4
17. ill dis played and we are not happy with the transformation 4 Enter the following data in the in dicated data fields DX Differential X Axis 10 DY Differential Y Axis 10 Rotation in degrees 10 and then click at the OK button to shift and rotate the text The text is transformed the com mand is still active with the dialog box of Figure 9 still displayed and we are still not happy with the new location of the text string 5 Click at the OK button to trans form the text maintaining the same data as before and lo and behold we proclaim ourselves happy with the results good enough for ca nal work as they used to say The results may be seen in Figure 10 As it was noticed in the above exer cise the user had the opportunity to also reduce or increase the size of the text by a user specified percentage In addition by scrolling down in the Con trol Point Location data field the user The CEDRA Corporation Command Of The Month SAMPLE D SAMPLE F SAMPLE A Figure 10 Shifted And Rotated Text has control about which text string cor ner the shift and or rotation is to occur 6 Since we are content with the re sults we can now click at the Can cel button to terminate the com mand If we would like to transform another text string we simply repeat the same process from Step 1 above Edit or Change A Text String In reviewing the work we have done so far we decide that we do not quite li
18. ke the text string descriptions of SAMPLE A to SAMPLE F and we would like to change them to TEXTA to TEXT F respectively To do this 1 Click at the Edit a text string ED tool and then click at the SAMPLEA text string to highlight it and dis play the conventional feature con firmation query box 2 Click at Yes button to confirm the text selection and display the dia log box of Figure 11 3 Enter in the Text String data field TEXTA and then click at the OK but ton to make the editing change The command remains active Edit a Text Eria fhe Jed Sheng oo gh oe Dae Testtoerg TENT A U toe sake ob iita ia Cranes Figure 11 Text Editing Dialog Box 4 Click at another text string confirm the selection to display the dialog box of Figure 11 enter in the Text String data field the desired text string and then click at the OK but ton to make the editing change NOTE Since the word SAMPLE was to be changed to TEXT in more than one text string we could before click ing the OK button in Step 3 highlight the word TEXT in the Text String data field and while holding down the key board control key CTRL click the key board key to copy the text into the clipboard for future use Then in Step 4 we could hold down the keyboard control key CTRL and click the key board v key to paste it into the same data field 5 Repeat Step 4 as many times as nec essary In reviewing Figure 11 th
19. on of text strings in order to produce a nice look ing final map drawing As always should there be any ques tions in how to use this toolbar or rec ommendations in additional functional ity that would be desirable please let us know If you have a request for Command Of The Month feel free to phone fax or e mail your request to The CEDRA Corporation
20. s available to this com mand one or more issues may be dedicated to it in the future Although this command may be used on any feature type the de scription of its use presented later on in this issue pertains only to text strings The CEDRA Text Tools Toolbar The CEDRA Text Tools toolbar is shown in Figure 2 and is comprised of the following six tools CEDR4 Text Tools x Figure 2 CEDRA Text Tools Toolbar e The Create a text string tool operates in an identical manner with that of the same icon located in the Command Of The Month bulletin they are also available in the toolbars The reason for the duplicity is to pro vide the user with distinct toolbars for text manipulation Utilities toolbar at the bottom of the l P CEDRA Tool Palette This month s issue presents recent enhancements made to the process i This command enables the user to of manipulating annotation strings The CEDRA Transform Tools Toolbar The CEDRA Transform Tools toolbar 1s shown in Figure 1 and as can be seen it is comprised of two tools Figure 1 CEDRA Transform Tools Toolbar e The Rotate Translate and Scale i tool which operates in an iden tical manner with that of the same The Rotate Translate and Scale w o Baseline tool which oper ates identically as the Translate Ro tate Scale Features option which ap pears in the mode of operation choice list presented by the Rotate Translate
21. was created This step demonstrates that text created with this tool can be un done So that if the text size or font is not as desired the text can be deleted and the command re peated Note in performing the steps be low the intent is to create six text strings or annotation features po sitioned as shown in Figure 5 De pending upon the coordinate sys tem of the map being used the an notation offset values identified below may or may not be appropri ate If an annotation feature does not appear as expected that is as shown in Figure 5 click at the Edit menu and select the Undo Create Text String to delete the text and then repeat the step specifying a different annotation offset value 4 Click at or near the upper right point Pt 2 in Figure 3 to display the dialog box of Figure 4 5 Enterin the indicated data fields the following data Text Size 5 Text Angle 0 Annotation Offset Q Text String S 6 Scroll down in the e Text Style choice data field and select the option talic 7 Click at the OK button to create the text string 8 Click at or near the low left point Pt 1 in Figure 3 to display the dialog box of Figure 4 in which enter the following in the indicated data fields Text Angle 90 Text String SAMPLE B 9 Click at the OK button to create the text string We will now create a text string such that it is centered between two points 10 Click first at or near th
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