Creating bypasses

Create Bypass is one of the options for the Line Bypass tool. On some Enroute charts, areas become congested with text, features, and additional information. In these cases, line bypass symbology can be used on ATSRoute features to eliminate the need for note text informing a pilot to not report at a designated point.

Steps:

1. Start ArcMap.
2. On the main menu, click Customize > Toolbars > Aeronautical Editing.
3. Click the Line Bypass button on the Aeronautical Editing toolbar.

   The Line Bypass dialog box Select Function area appears.
4. Choose the Create Bypass option.
5. Click Next.

   The Line Bypass dialog box Select Line Features area appears.

6. Click the Select Line Feature Layer drop-down arrow and choose a layer.
7. Choose an option for selecting line features.
   • Specify Query—You can build a query that defines which line features are used.
   • Process Selected—Uses line features that are included in the selected set.
8. Click Next.

   If you have selected the Specify Query option, the Line Bypass dialog box Set Query area appears. Proceed to the next step.

   If you have selected the Process Selected option, the Set Bypass Parameters dialog box appears. Proceed to step 18.

9. Click the ellipsis (...) next to the Line Features Query field.

   The Query Builder dialog box appears.

10. Double-click a field name in the list of fields.

    The name appears in the WHERE clause text box.

11. Click an operator to define the query.
12. Click Get Unique Values.

    Unique values for the field appear.

13. If necessary, type the name or number of the unique value you want to use in the Go To field to automatically go to it in the list.
14. Double-click the value you want to use with the query.

    The unique value is added to the query.

15. Repeat steps 10–14 for each condition to be included in the query.
16. Click OK.

    The Set Query dialog box appears.

17. Click Next.

    The Line Bypass dialog box Set Bypass Parameters area appears.
18. Check the check box next to the point feature layer you want to use in the bypass creation process.
19. If you are creating a line bypass with the Process Selected option, click the Query cell and proceed to the next step.

    If you are creating a line bypass with the Specify Query option, click Add Definition Queries to load them and skip to step 22.

20. Click the button in the Query cell.

    The Query Builder dialog box appears.

21. Repeat steps 10–14 to build your query.
22. Click the Select Units drop-down arrow and choose the units you want to use for the buffer distance, bypass radius, and bypass offset.

    The units are all page units such as inches, millimeters, centimeters, and points.

23. Type a value in the Buffer Distance text box.
24. Type a value in the Bypass Radius text box.
    Tip:

    The recommended range for the radius is 1–2.

25. Type a value in the Bypass Offset text box.
    Tip:

    The recommended range for the radius is 0–1.

26. If you are creating a line bypass with the Specify Query option, click Finish.

    If you are creating a line bypass with the Process Selected option, click Next.

    The Line Bypass dialog box Customize Bypass area appears.

27. Click the Select Line Feature drop-down arrow and choose a line feature.

    The individual features appear in the Customize Bypass at Point Features list.

    Note:

    If you don't want the point feature to be bypassed, you can click it to highlight the row and press the DELETE key to remove it from the list.

28. If necessary, click the Flipped field to indicate whether the bypass should be flipped once it is created.
29. Click the Radius cell, type a value for the feature's radius, then press ENTER.
30. Click the Units cell and indicate what units should be used for the radius.
31. If necessary, click the Back button to customize another bypass.

    One bypass needs to be customized at a time. Repeat steps 27–30 for all the bypasses to be customized.

32. Click Finish.
    Note:

    If line bypasses exist in the current feature selection, you are given the option to proceed. Click Yes to clear and re-create existing bypasses; click No to cancel creating bypasses.