idea Draw Polylines Straight in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Draw Polylines Straight

FrankPanaro1 — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 21:03:02 GMT

It would be nice if there was a way to draw perfectly straight lines not along cardinal compass directions as is the only way available now. Something like holding down a key while drawing a line to keep the line perfectly straight without "jags". This function is available in many graphics programs and I believe it used to be a function ArcView 3.x?

Re: Draw Polylines Straight

CattyannCampbell — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:42:57 GMT

+10

Re: Draw Polylines Straight

RobertKlein3 — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:49:51 GMT

This can already be accomplished when sketching in an edit session by pressing Ctrl + A. A box pops up where you can enter an arbitrary bearing -just be sure you have already set your units as desired from the Editing Options dialog box, accessible from the Editor toolbar. Alternatively you can have your sketch go parallel or perpendicular to the path of existing line and polygon features.

Re: Draw Polylines Straight

Corbinde_Bruin — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:11:12 GMT

"This can already be accomplished when sketching in an edit session by pressing Ctrl + A."
- rdklein

The problem I have found with this method is that it draws a bearing realtive to the rotation of the data frame. If I want to easily just draw a straight line at 90 or 180 degrees, I don't want to have to factor in the current roation of the data frame.