Digitizing Polylines in RockPlot2D

RockPlot2D | Digitize | Polyline

Use the Polyline menu item or toolbar button to draw multiple, connected line segments on the RockPlot2D screen display and record the X,Y coordinates of their vertices in the data pane.

If necessary, open the diagram for which you wish to digitize multi-segmented lines (see Opening Plot Files) or click in the current RockPlot2D window containing the diagram.
Choose the Digitize | Options command if you wish to view/change the color and style of the polylines to be drawn on the screen. You should also check the number of decimal places specified for the coordinates so that you will get the accuracy you need. See Measurement and Digitizing Options.
Select the Digitize | Polyline menu item, or click on the Digitize | Polyline button at the top of the screen .
The Polyline button is available in the Digitize drop-down menu.

The program will be in "Digitize Polyline" mode, as noted at the bottom of the screen.
Click on the starting point of the polyline. The program will display a symbol on the image to mark the point. The program will record the first point's coordinates in the data window. (Don't see the data window? Click here.)
Continue digitizing points on the screen display along the trace of the polyline. These coordinates will be recorded in the data window.
To terminate the polyline, double-click on the last endpoint. The data block will be flagged with an "End-Polyline:" notation.
Continue digitizing polylines on the screen display as you wish.
To terminate the Digitize Polyline mode, click the Digitize Polyline x button at the bottom of the window, or click the Edit button at the top of the window, or press the Shift+Escape keys.

! If you close the RockPlot2D window before copying the data to the clipboard, it will be lost. The data is not stored in the RKw2D file.

Use the Options | Export tools to copy the data to the clipboard or export the data to the datasheet or a text file.
Use the Options | Convert to Diagram tools to create a new image containing the digitized items or to append the items in the data window to the underlying graphic.

Drawing Polylines for inserting polylines into the map or diagram.

Digitizing Tools - a summary of the digitizing tools in RockPlot2D.
Measuring Tools - a summary of the measurement tools in RockPlot2D.
The RockPlot2D Data Window for information about what to do with the digitized data.
The ReportWorks window for an interactive page layout window.

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