Redline Tools
The Redline Toolbar allows you draw and annotate items on the map, these items are known as "Redlines". It allows you to add, select, modify and delete Redlines that have been drawn on the map. The Redline tools allow you to annotate a map which can be printed and the Redlines will appear on the map report.
To access the Redline Tools, click on the Redline tool.
This will open the Redline Toolbar. Here some are examples of this toolbar:
Redline Tools
| Tool | Description | Icon |
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| Modify / Selection | Click on a Redline to modify or to generate a buffer from |
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| Point | Add a point to the map |
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| Polyline | Add a polyline to the map |
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| Polygon | Add a polygon to the map |
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| Circle | Add a circle to the map |
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| Square | Add a square to the map |
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| Rectangle | Add a rectangle to the map |
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| Marker | Add a marker to the map |
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| Text | Add text to the map |
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| Buffer Selected Features | Create a buffer around the selected features |
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| Circle by Radius | Create a circular buffer of a specified radius (From 2.5.28 release) |
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| Buffer Selected Redline | Create a buffer around all the selected Redline objects |
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| Buffer All Redline | Create a buffer around all Redline objects | |
| Fill Settings | Change the fill colour and transparency of the selected features |
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| Line Settings | Change the line colour and transparency of the selected features |
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| Marker Settings | Change the marker colour |
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| Font Settings | Change the font colour and transparency of the selected features |
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| Delete | Delete the currently selected Redline element |
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| Delete All | Delete all Redline elements |
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| Get | Create a Redline item from the currently selected entity/feature |
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| Export to Shapefile | Export Redlines to a Shapefile |
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| Export to KML | Export Redlines to a KML file |
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| Save | Save the current set of Redlines |
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| Load | Load and manage your saved Redlines |
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| Snapping | Enable snapping |
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| Snap Settings | Alter the current snapping settings |
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| Save Settings | Save the current settings as the defaults |
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