String Tools

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String Tools
Datamine Studio has a rich selection of tools for editing strings in the design window.

Tool
Extend Extend to string

Quick Command and Description Key

ext ess

Break at point Break with string Break at intersections Connect Reverse Expand Expand

bs bks

extend-string Extends a string by adding new points to the end of it. extend-string-to-string Extends a string from its end point, using the bearing and dip of the final segment, to a point where it meets another selected string. This is not necessarily an intersection as the strings may be in different planes. break-string Breaks a string at a selected point. break-string-with-string Breaks a string where it is crossed by another selected control string. break-strings

bki

Breaks a selected strings at points where it intersects another string. conn connect-strings Joins two strings together by creating a link between a selected end of each. rev reverse-string Reverses the point order of a selected string. exp offset-string Creates a new string by offsetting a selected string by a specified distance in the view plane. The offset is measured perpendicular to each segment on the selected string and there is a prompt for selecting which direction to expand the string and the offset distance. merge-string-segments Creates a single string from string segments with common end points. offset-inside-string Creates a new string by offsetting the selected string by a specified distance in the view plane. The offset is measured perpendicular to each segment on the selected string and will be on the inside of a closed string. offset-outside-string Creates a new string by offsetting the selected string by a specified distance in the view plane. The offset is measured perpendicular to each segment on the selected string and will be on the outside of a closed string. combine-strings Generates a single string from two overlapping strings. The combination replaces both strings with a single string which consists of one side of the overlap from each string (selectable). This will have the attributes of the first selected string. keep-combined-switch Switch used in conjunction with combine-strings. When on, original strings are retained as well the new "combined" string. When off, only the "combined" string is retained. clip-to-perimeter Deletes string data inside or outside selected perimeter. trim-to-string Trims strings against a selected control string. string-trace Creates a new string from selected intersecting segments of existing strings. rapid-digitize-switch Toggles the capability to incorporate sections of other strings in a new string. All the sections between two snapped points of an existing string will be highlighted as part of the new string.

Expand - Merge segments Shrink string ois

Expand outside string

oos

Combine

com

Keep originals

ko

Clip to perimeter Trim to string String trace Rapid digitize mode

ctp

tri stra rap

Ramp by 3 points

r3

ramp-by-three-points Creates a ramp by joining three points: a start, an end and a third point,selected interactively, on the arc.

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