Geographic Information Systems

AdvancedGISUsingESRI ArcGIS 9.3Advanced Editing

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingThe Toolbar Editor is to be activated too.

The various functions (icons) will be activated once one or more features have been selected.

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingCopy

Copies the selected features

1) Select the features to copy

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingCopy

Copies the selected features

2) Drag a box; the selected features will be copied fitting the new box

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingCopy

Result

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingExplode multipart

The single features contributing to the selected multiparts will be separated to indipendent features Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingFillet

Places an arc tangent to two segments

Select the Fillet icon

Click on the first segment

Click on the second segment

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingFillet

4) Drag the arc to the required size

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingFillet

Result

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingExtend

Result

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingExtend

Extends a line to meet another feature

Select a feature

click on the Extend icon

Select the target feature

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingExtend

Result

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingTrim

Trims a feature that is cut by another feature

Select the line you wat to use to trim

Select the line you want to trim

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingTrim

Result

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingLine Intersection

Click on the Line Intersection icon

Select the first line

Select the second line

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingLine Intersection

Result

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingGeneralize

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingGeneralize

Result

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingSmooth

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingSmooth

Result

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingCreates a Rectangle

Arc ToolBoxAdvanced EditingCreates a Circle