Symbol Line

Symbol Line - Overview

This tool places symbols with two points along a drawn line creating a daisy chain of symbols on a line, Symbol Line!

It is especially use full for temporary event fencing, but can be used with any symbol that a user wants to place along line.

Why not use Duplicate Along Path? Because that command places only one point of the symbol in the line. Symbol Line places two user definable points of the symbol on the line, creating a perfectly linked chain of temporary event fences for instance.

Symbol Line will let you place 3 symbol definitions along the line:

Symbol 1: Is the main symbol to be placed along the line.
Symbol 2: Can alternate placements of Symbol 1 along the line based on count or interval.
Symbol 3: Is an additional symbol that can be placed at Symbol 1 or 2 insertion points. Based on count or interval value and can be spread evenly in between the instances of symbol 2 in the line.

Symbols in a Symbol Line can flip their orientation.

Symbol distances are determined by: Insertion point and manual distance and angle field value in the Object Info Palette, OR Loci with symbol_line_dist record attached placed in the symbol definition.

The tool will work with any symbol definition, any unit, imperial or metric, can be applied, symbols in a Symbol Line can easily flip orientation.