Edit surface

Edits the active surface. The surface is activated by pointing it with the mouse and the closest surface section is marked as an active section. If the surface is pointed outside of its edpoints, only the endpoint is activated. The active surface is displayed with an edit color. The beginning and the end of the surface are shown with vertical line symbols. Possible hidden sections of the active surface are displayed and currently active surface section is shown with a different color. The active point is the endpoint of the active section.

Fields

Upper part fields display object type and three freely selectable attributes.

Pages

Surface  Data  Segment

Index

Index is active point index within the surface.

Length XY, Length XYZ

2D and 3D length of the surface section.

Direction, Slope, Height difference

Direction, slope and height difference of the surface section.

Hidden

Hides the active surface section.

Previous, Next

Move the active section back or forward. With the Shift-key surfaces's first or last point is activated.

Add

Activates the point adding. Following mouse clicks will add new points to the profile.

Remove

Removes the active point. With the Alt-key starts continuous remove mode. Objects pointed with the Alt-key are immediately removed.

Code

Activates data copying from another profile. Method Nearest point copies data from the nearest point and method Mouse from the nearest profile. By default only the object surface code is copied. With the Shift-key all attributes are copied.

Drawing

Opens drawing data editing. Number of defined drawing data items is displayed in parenthesis after button label. With the Shift-key clears drawing data.

New

Creates new profile and activates the point add mode. Each subsequent mouse click then adds new point to the profile. With the Shift-key makes just a copy of the active profile and activates the move mode.

Remove

Removes the active surface.

Constant

Asks height and creates new constant level surface. Surface width covers whole area from the leftmost point to the rightmost point. Created surface is automatically activated for editing.

File

The file element where the object belongs.

Mode, X

Displays current edit mode (move, rotate, add, etc.). The X button quits the edit mode and returns to the normal state. If no mode is active, it releases the current object.


Special settings

There are some special settings related to this function.

EditFlag

Settings affecting edit and calculation function behavior.

TopDataList

Defines which attributes are displayed first in the list. By default T1,T2,T3,T4,T5.

See also: Using special settings