Drawing a Curved Polyline - MapInfo_Pro - 2023

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Polylines are a connected sequence of lines that are not closed. The polyline is drawn to the editable layer.

To draw a curved polyline:

  1. Make the map layer where you want to draw the polyline editable. On the HOME tab, in the Windows group, click Tool Windows, and click Layers from the list, to open the Layers window.

    You can also see map layers in the Explorer window.

    Click the Editable icon beside the layer name to turn On editing.

    Click the Selectable icon beside the layer name to turn On selection.

  2. On the SPATIAL tab, in the Create group, click Insert, and Polyline.
  3. Move the Polyline cursor to where you want to begin drawing on the map. Click the mouse button and move the cursor to draw the line.
  4. Click the mouse button once when you want to terminate the current line and start a new line.
  5. Double-click to stop.

    You can delete the last node by pressing the Backspace key.

  6. Double-click the polyline to open the Polyline Object dialog box.
  7. Select the Smooth check box.

    MapInfo Pro smoothes your polyline into a curve. To unsmooth the object, clear this check box.

  8. Click OK to save your changes.

Alternatively, you could select the figure and on the SPATIAL tab, in the Edit group, click Smooth Lines from the list. Unsmooth Lines turns a curved line or shape into an angular one.