Expand Short Links Dialog
The Expand Short Links Dialog is used to set the options to be used when Expanding Short Links.
To display the dialog, select Geometry | Expand short links from the Model menu.
The dialog options are:
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Links to expand |
Defines which links in the network are to be considered for expansion:
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Protection of surrounding links |
Defines options to be applied to links connected to the short links to be expanded:
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User flag for changed fields |
Select a flag from the dropdown list of user flags to be applied to fields modified as a result of the expansion process. Fields that may be modified due to expansion are:
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Modelling length of links |
Sets the option to be used when recalculating lengths of expanded links and links connected to expanded links:
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Select modified objects button |
Enabled after the expansion process has been carried out. Click this button to highlight all modified objects (candidate links and their connected links) on the GeoPlan Window. |
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Select rejected links button |
Enabled after the expansion process has been carried out. Click this button to highlight links that could not be expanded on the GeoPlan Window. (Links may be rejected due to a number of constraints, for example, if expansion would result in the length of a connecting link being reduced to below the specified Minimum resultant length.) |
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Expand button |
The Expand button is enabled when there is at least one link in the Candidate links selection of a type selected in the Link types box. Click the Expand button to carry out the expansion process. |
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Close button |
Click the Close button to dismiss the Expand Short Links dialog. |