The ADD LINE function is used to organize lines. The operation procedure is listed as following:
Click on the LINE(S) button to open SELECT LINE dialog box as shown in Figure 4.4.2.
Figure 4.4.2 Select Line dialog box
The SELECT LINE dialog box offers four options for line selection. Once selected, the line will be highlighted in white.
1. Select
icon (Pick Line)
to pick line using mouse cursor.
2. Select
icon (Drag Window)
to pick lines inside a rectangular window. The user defines the rectangle
by selecting two diagonal points.
3. Select
icon (Multi-point Region)
to pick lines inside a closed polygon. Each left mouse button click
defines a vertex and a middle button click closes the polygon.
4. Select
icon (Chain Line)
to pick lines using mouse cursor. All lines that are chained (connected) to the
selected line will be selected.
5. Click on PART button to pick all lines in the selected part.
To Deselect lines,
1. Toggle on the EXCLUDE checkbox. The user can exclude the selected lines using the line selection method mentioned above.
2. Select REJECT, and the last line selection will be rejected.
Select OK to complete the operation or CANCEL to abort the operation.
To select a target part, click on Unspecified button from Add to Part dialog box, following by selecting a part from the part list.
Then, click on APPLY button to complete moving lines from one part to a designated part.
To abort the operation, click on CLOSE button.