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Introduction
There are quite a number of editing tools available in WinCan Map for manually moving lines, polygons and points which can be combined with other features like the snapping tool already described in Snapping Objects in WinCan Map.
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Throughout this page, terms like Tools/Edit - Move Point or Home/Select - Point will be used. The naming convention being used here is Ribbon/Panel - Button so this tells you which ribbon, which button panel and which button name is being referred to at all times.
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Home/WinCan - Shift
This tool allows the user to drag a point across the screen to a new location:
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Select the layer of the point that you wish to move.
Use the ‘Point’ tool in the ‘Home/Select’ ribbon to select the point that needs to be moved.
If required (usually), select a snapping layer for the object that you wish to snap to and a snapping style of point or line.
Click on the ‘Shift’ tool and select the object and while holding down the left mouse button drag the point to the new location. As you drag it you will see some red markers on screen which show you where you are moving from and where the object will drop when the left mouse button is released.
Release the left mouse button to re-plot the object as required.
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Tools/Edit - Edit Shape
The ‘Edit Shape’ tool allows a linear or polygon shape to be modified into any new shape as required. This can be useful for functions like:
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Using the Shift, Edit Shape and Reset Transformation tools.
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Home/WinCan - Rotate Scale
The Rotate Scale option allows you to rotate a linear item about one end as a fixed point and scale it at the same time so that it retains is proportional shape. If used carefully, it is possible to rotate & scale a section or surface linear item, and then snap the (now detached) node back to the end of the, like this:
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Using the Rotate Scale tool with subsequent node snapping.
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Snap Pipes to Nodes in WinCan VX
It is normal after importing GIS data into a WinCan VX HADDMS project that the node coordinates change. There is no shame in this and it is a fact of life that no matter how many times we measure the GPS coordinates of a point on the ground, we will never get the same results twice.
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It may be necessary to ‘Reinitialise’ the WinCan Map project or ‘Refresh’ the WinCan VX project after executing the tool.
Notice that the tool stretches and rotates continuous items that have a complex geometry, so any pre-defined shape is retained as truly as possible. This does not remove the need for fine tuning id necessary.
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