User Guide

Merging Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Merging Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Merging Vectors into a Raster Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Selecting Pen Widths for Vector Merge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Chapter 7 Raster Entity Manipulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Characteristics of REM Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
How REM Objects Are Associated with an Image . . . . . . . . . 166
Deciding Which Image to Use REM Commands On . . . . . . . 166
AutoCAD Properties of REM Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
REM Objects and Non-REM Edits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Defining REM Region Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Defining a REM Rectangular Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Defining a REM Polygonal Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Defining a REM Diagonal Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Defining a REM Circular Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Defining a Region From an Existing Vector Object . . . . . . . . 174
Removing Part of a Region Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Defining REM Enhanced Bitonal Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Defining REM Primitive Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Defining a REM Line Primitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Defining a REM Circle Primitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Defining a REM Arc Primitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Defining a REM Primitive Using Smart Pick . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Defining a REM Primitive From Existing Vectors . . . . . . . . . 185
Changing the Linetype of a Primitive Object . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Manipulating REM Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Editing REM Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Resizing a REM Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Using REM Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Trimming and Extending REM Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Filleting REM Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Offsetting REM Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Smoothing REM Linework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Defining REM Objects Partially Outside the Image . . . . . . . . 195
Using REM to Delete Raster Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Clearing REM Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Merging REM Objects into an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Converting REM Objects to a New Raster Image . . . . . . . . . 199
Using REM Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Using REM Copy To Clipboard Command . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Separating Raster Linework Using Knife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Chapter 8 Converting Raster Entities to Vector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Configuring VTools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
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