Editing Road Objects

Before a road object can be edited, it must be selected. To select a it, click on it when the Select Objects tool or any of the Road Tools are active. See "Selecting Objects".

Road objects can be moved precisely using the dimensions that display in floor plan view when they are selected. See "Moving Objects Using Dimensions".

Using the Mouse

Straight Roads

, straight Driveways

, straight Road Stripes

, and Straight Sidewalks

are edited along their centerline like a line or polyline. See "Line Tools".

Spline Roads

and Sidewalk Splines

are edited along their centerline like standard splines. See "Splines".

Road Polylines

, Cul-de-sacs

, Medians

, Road Markings

and Sidewalk Polylines

are edited along their perimeter, like standard polylines. The width is determined by the polyline's shape. See "Polylines".

Medians

are edited like polylines. See "Polylines".

Using the Edit Buttons

A selected road object can be edited in a variety of ways using the buttons on the edit toolbar. As with most objects, road objects can be copied, replicated, moved, deleted, etc. See "Using the Edit Toolbar".

The following buttons may display on the edit toolbar for selected road objects.

Click the Open Object

edit button to open it for specification. See "Road Specification Dialog".

A Road Polyline

can be concentrically resized and converted into a median using the Convert Polyline button. See "Concentric".

Click the Convert to Polyline Road/Sidewalk

button to convert it into a Polyline Road or a Polyline Sidewalk

and edit the object perimeter as a polyline. See "Editing Road Objects".

Click the Auto Generate Sidewalks

button to open the Automatically Generate Sidewalks dialog. The options that are available depend on the type of road object selected. See "Auto Generate Sidewalks".