Documentation | Help File | UI | 2D Mode | Menu | Shape | New shape | Rectangle [line]

Clicking on the upper Shape/Create new shape/Rectangle menu item activates one of the special editing features used to create a shape of the line type on a vector layer. A rectangular line shape created with the Rectangle feature is composed of five sequentially numbered vertices with four perpendicularly oriented straight line segments connecting them. The four faces are parallel to the borders of the Map area.

To create a rectangular line shape on a vector layer

1. Activate (highlight) the layer in which the rectangle is to be created. Do this by clicking on its name in the Legend.
2. Use the Zoom mode, Zoom extended mode and Drag mode to adjust the extent visible on the Map area to cover the area where you would like to create the rectangle.
3. Click on the upper Shape/Create new shape/Rectangle menu item.
4. Within the Map area move the mouse pointer over any point and click - a starting corner vertex of the rectangle will be added.
5. Adjust the size of the rectangle by moving the mouse pointer in any direction.
6. Click again to finish drawing the rectangle.

• The icon on the Standard toolbar; if not visible click on the rightmost icon on the same toolbar and then on the upper Rectangle item on the drop-down list.

• To create a different shape of a line type, use one of the following features: Line, Line 90°, Line free, Closed line, Closed line 90°, Rectangle rotated [line], Circle [line], Circle 3point base [line].
• To create a rotated rectangle, use the Rectangle rotated [line] feature.
• To create a rectangular polygon, use the Rectangle [polygon] feature.

• To edit an existing shape, use the Edit shape feature.
• To remove a shape from a vector layer, use the Delete shape feature.

• If the edited layer is stored in the ArcView Shape File (SHP) format of the type different than line then this feature will be inactive.