Polyline

If a user requires a shape that is not already provided, they can create a custom shape as a Polyline.

How to create a Polyline shape.

  1. Select Polyline from the Drawing pane.
    Select the Polyline shape
  2. Left-click for each point on the shape. If you need to remove a point, right-click and select Delete point. If you are drawing on a map, you can select Reset Path to reset the shape back to the initial two points.
    Note: Two lines are shown when creating a new point:
    • Blue line — This line shows what the line for between the last drawn point and the next point will look like based on your mouse pointer location.
    • Yellow line — This line shows what the line between where the point of your current mouse location is and the first drawn point will look like if you close the shape.
    Create the points on a polyline shape
  3. You can optionally close a shape. Right-click and select to Close shape (if editing on a map, you can select this from the Drawing pane). This will connect the first point to the last point created.
    Right-click on polyline shows option for closing the shape The resulting closed polyline shape
  4. To exit the Polyline editor, right-click and select Exit editor (if editing on a map, you can select this from the Drawing pane) or press Enter.

If you created the polyline shape on a map and you can assign it to an asset so that it acts as the asset icon. Note this is only for select asset tyes and systems.