Intersection With Triangulation

Insert Points where Object Intersects a Triangulation

Use the Intersection With Triangulation option to insert a new point wherever a chosen design object, such as a string or polygon, intersects a nominated triangulation.

This option can also be accessed by selecting the Insert At Triangulation Intersections button from the Insert toolbar. The Insert toolbar is a "sub toolbar" and can either be accessed through the Modify toolbar or through using the Toolbar Visibility option (under the Tools menu).


Instructions

On the Design menu, point to Point Insert, and then click Intersection With Triangulation to display the Triangulation Insertion panel.

This panel allows you to specify the triangulation that will be used to insert the points. The triangulation name can either be manually entered or selected from the drop-down list.

Note:   The drop-down list will initially contain all of the triangulations found in your current working directory when the Intersection With Triangulation option is run for the first time in the current Vulcan session. The next time this option is used, the drop-down list will only contain the names of the files used in the current session.

Click Browse to select a file from another location. Use the Pick From Screen button to select a triangulation directly from the screen.

Click OK.

The Multiple Selection box is then displayed. From the display dialog box, nominate the selection method, i.e. by object, layer etc., followed by the design object that contains the newly inserted points.

The proposed locations of the inserted points are then displayed and you will be prompted as to whether or not you want to retain the changes. The proposed point locations will be coloured according to the highlight colour specified through the Graphics : Colours section of the Tools > Preferences option. The size and shape of the symbols used to represent the new points is specified through the Graphics section of the Tools > Preferences option.

You will then be prompted to select another design object (using the previously nominated selection method). Cancel to return to the Multiple Selection box, Cancel again to return to the Triangulation Insertion panel.