Hello all,
I was wondering if there is a way that I can draw out a polyline by pressing a keyboard key instead of the mouse button no. 1.
I am tracing in some old contour maps and I would like to be able to enter each point without using the mouse button. That way I can focus my one hand on the mouse position and the other hand can enter the points. It will be faster for me.
Thank you
Well I don't know if anyone has a solution to this, but I have come up with a solution that was very simple and easy.
And it works.
I use the logitech M5 (which seems to be a pretty good mouse).
I took the junky dell mouse that came with my pc out of my desk, put a sticky note over the sensor eye, and just click with that one while I trace with the other.
Much faster!
If anyone has another idea please share 🙂
So the files I am working with are PDF usgs maps.
For this reason, I don't see how copy would work (I wish I could copy!).
As for the SKETCH command, my hand is just not that steady!
I have raster design available to me but I have not tried it out nor have I read about how it could help me out.
Any thoughts about that would be good. I suppose I will need to make my way over to that forum before too long.
Thank You!
Sorry, I should have mentioned that it was an image 🙂
The reason I am tracing the contours is for use in Civil 3D. I am working on a preliminary site development exercise. The properties are in remote locations and I cannot get a survey at this point in the project.
I will be giving raster design a try soon, thank you for the suggestion!
I think you need to post in the customizing area. It seems to me, about a million years ago when I was in college, we customized our menus similarly.