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October 17, 2011 (Regular Meeting) Page 733 Curves Once a line is drawn, but not anchored, it can be changed to a curve by pressing "V" or by clicking the "Curve" icon in the ribbon menu. This acts as a toggle that puts the tool into curve mode. Pressing "V" or the "Curve" icon again takes the tool out of curve mode. The curve is adjusted by rolling the mouse wheel or pressing the up and down arrow keys. The length of the curved line and the angle of the arc segment is displayed as the curve is adjusted. Press the Enter key to anchor the line. This will take the tool out of curve mode. Auto Advance A line can be drawn using the Auto Advance feature by holding the CTRL key and pressing the appropriate arrow key. This advances the end point of the line to the next intersecting point based on the end points of existing lines. Once the desired end point is reached, press Enter to anchor the line. Trace Feature The trace feature is used to draw common lines for the current open area by tracing over existing lines of an adjoining area. Once the currently open area intersects a line of an adjoining area, press "T" or click the Trace icon located in the Shortcut pad to draw and anchor the line. Suspending an Area A new area can be started before closing the currently open area by suspending the current area. Two methods can be used to suspend the currently open area. ® Starting a new area from the current drawing point: To suspend an area, press "S" or click the "New Area" icon located on the ribbon menu. Once the new area is closed, control returns to the suspended area to continue drawing. For example, when drawing a base area and a different area is encountered, the base area can be suspended and the different area can be drawn and closed before continuing the base area. ® Suspend drawing the current area: To suspend drawing the current area, press "S" or click the "Suspend Area" (Hourglass) icon located in the shortcut pad. The current drawing point will turn blue and a new area can be started, or other actions can be performed while the suspended area is open. Once a different area is closed, control returns to the most recently suspended area. Correcting an anchored line Use the Delete key to remove line(s) until the incorrectly drawn line is reached. Once removed, the incorrect line can then be drawn correctly. Use the Insert key to re -draw the lines removed with the Delete key earlier. Completing an Area The area will be closed when the end point of the final line reaches the starting point of the first line. Once the area is closed, a label showing the subarea type and square footage is placed inside the area. Also, the "Subareas" pane will be updated with the square footage of the area. Auto Close Once two or more lines are drawn, the auto close features are enabled and the currently open area can be closed automatically using one of the methods below: ® Automatic Closing an area drawing 1 line: Press "A" or click on the "Auto Close 1 Line" icon located in the shortcut pad. This feature is used to draw one final line of an area even when the end point of the last line and the start point of the first line are not aligned. This will result in an angled line. ® Automatic Closing an area drawing 2 lines: Hold down the CTRL key and press "A" or click on the "Auto Close 2 Lines" icon located on the shortcut pad. One or two lines will be drawn to complete the area. The lines are drawn using the distances remaining to reach the starting point. The lines will be drawn in the directions that result in the largest area. This feature can be used to draw the final two lines of a rectangle once two lines have been anchored. Drawing Additional Areas To draw a new area, all exiting areas on the grid must be closed or suspended. (See "Suspending an Area" above.) Select any point on the grid to begin drawing as usual. The following features are useful in drawing