Editing profile view elements
Adjacent profile view elements are connected through nodes and lines. When lines and points intersect (as in the intersection of a flight path and a vertical), a node is present. When a node is selected, the node selection is of a higher priority than the corresponding line endpoint. When a node is selected, the selection envelope of the point is identified by the four small vertices of the selection envelope, as shown in the image below.
When a line is selected, the endpoints of the line are identified by the filled boxes at either end of the line, as shown in the image below.
- Start ArcMap.Tipp:
If the ArcMap - Getting Started dialog box appears, you can open a new or existing map document. You can also check the Do not show this dialog box in the future check box and click Open.
- On the main menu, click View > Layout View.
- On the main menu, click Customize > Toolbars > Aeronautical Terminal Procedures.
- Click the Edit Instrument Approach Profile button on the Aeronautical Terminal Procedures toolbar.
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Select a profile element.
Tipp:
Select more than one element by pressing and holding the CTRL key on the keyboard, then selecting additional elements.
- Drag the element to move it.
- Drag a control handle to resize most elements.
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Right-click the element and choose Properties to edit the font, position,
size, and symbol of the element.
Most text elements can be edited inside this dialog box.
Tipp:If you make the font size too large for the existing tray (usually larger than a 6 pt. font size), you will need to increase the default tray element height in the profile settings.
- Double-click any text element to access the text editor.
- To flip a holding pattern element from one side to another, such as a curved holding pattern, perform the substeps below:
- Click the blue anchor point in the center of the element (the purple anchor points are not selectable) or an endpoint.
- Drag the anchor or endpoint horizontally to the opposite side.
For example, drag the holding pattern to the opposite side of the vertical line.
- To add new text to a tray value element, perform the substeps below:
- Click the New Text button on the Aeronautical Profile Edit toolbar.
- Click the tray element.
- Type the text in the text box.Tipp:
Click the Edit Instrument Approach Profile button on the Aeronautical Terminal Procedures toolbar and move the text to the location you want.
- To change a flight path into a curved flight path, perform the substeps below:
- Click a flight path in the profile view to select it.
- Right-click the flight path and choose Create Curved Flight Path.
- Click the vertices of the selected flight path and drag the vertices to edit the curve.
- To create a straight flight path from a curved flight path, perform the substeps below:
- Click to select the curved flight.
- Right-click the selected flight path and choose Create Straight Flight Path.
- Click the vertices of the selected flight path and drag the vertices to edit it.
- To insert a vertex on a flight path, perform the substeps below:
- Click a flight path.
- Click the Edit Vertices button on the Aeronautical Profile Edit toolbar.
- Right-click the selected flight path and choose Add Vertex.
- Click the Edit Instrument Approach Profile button on the Aeronautical Terminal Procedures toolbar.
- Click and drag the vertex to modify the flight path.