Add floating lines to build constraint-based alignment geometry for the areas of your design that require maintaining tangency during edits.
After clicking a button on the Alignment Layout Tools toolbar, follow the command prompts on the command line.
Add a floating line from a point on an existing curve to a specified point. The direction of the attachment curve (1) and the location of the pass-through point (2) determine the attachment point.
Add a floating line, with a specified length, to the end of a curve
The direction of the attachment curve (1) determines the line direction.
This type of entity always starts at the end of the entity it is attached to. The line is always tangent to the end of a fixed or floating curve. Unlike an entity where the location is defined by a pass-through point, this type of entity is not pinned to a location in the drawing. Therefore, the entity geometry moves with the entity to which it is attached.
Add the most probable floating line from a point on an existing entity through a series of Autodesk Civil 3D points, AutoCAD points, existing entities, or clicks on screen.
The direction of the attachment curve (1) and the path through the selected regression points (2) determines the location of the attachment point.
If you select the beginning of the curve entity, the best fit line will precede the curve entity. If you select the end of the curve entity, the best fit line will succeed the curve entity.
As you select entities in the drawing window, an X marks each regression point and a temporary, dashed line is displayed in real time. Press Enter to complete the command.
As you highlight a row in the Regression Data vista, the corresponding regression point in the drawing window is highlighted in red.