Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Help/Action/Draw

Timestamp:

2007-10-12T19:27:09+02:00 (18 years ago)

Author:

dmgroom

Comment:

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Help/Action/Draw

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 ''Keyboard shortcut:'' N
 
-JOSM has different modes to add nodes. 
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+This tool behaves differently depending on how you use it. 
 
 
  * If you click on a blank area of the screen you add a new node independent of any existing way.
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+ * If you select an end node of a way and then click on a blank area of the screen you add a new node to the end of the existing way.
 
  * If no node is previously selected and  you click between two nodes in an existing way the new node is added on the existing way, between two existing nodes. 
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  * If a node is previously selected and  you click between two nodes in an existing way the new node is added on the existing way, between two existing nodes, and a way is drawn between the previously selected node and the new node. 
 
- * If you select an end node of a way and then click on a blank area of the screen you add a new node to the end of the existing way.
+ * If you click near an existing node it draws a "segment" between what was previously selected and the existing node, and this allows you to re-use existing nodes to make a new way / area (so that certain nodes and "segments" can be reused in more than one way/ area).
 
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