Setback?

[SebagoLakeRanch]

What is an easy way to draw a line (such as along a stream, or building) and highlight a setback? It's easy to do with a circle, but I'm not sure about other objects such as property lines, streams, buildings etc?

[John Moran_2]

What is an easy way to draw a line (such as along a stream, or building) and highlight a setback? It's easy to do with a circle, but I'm not sure about other objects such as property lines, streams, buildings etc?

Right click on the river or stream. Click on Manage Draw>>Copy to Draw Object. Right click on Manage Draw. Click on Edit Draw.

Then move the Draw Object using the Arrow Keys on the Keypad. Zoom out to move a small distance incrementally. Zoom in to move an object further.
JM_2

[SebagoLakeRanch]

Thanks, I didn't know about that trick with the manage draw and using the arrow key, that should come in handy for other applications.

[Buz Steele]

You can also use the Buffer Tool, but it will take some manipulation. You first have to get the non-gis object into gis. Then you can use the buffer tool.