Edit Toolbar

 

 

The way to open "Editor' Toolbar is to click "Tools" menu and "Customize." Then, tick "Edit" in "Toolbars" tab in "Customize" window and click "OK." Or, you can right-click a toolbar on the map window and tick "Editor." Then, "Editor" Toolbar is added.

 

1.Start Editing

2.Edit Target

3.Select Features

4.Sketch Tool

5.Editing Mode

6.Split Tool

7.Extend Tool

8.Trim Tool

9.Rotate Features

10.Rectangle Tool

11.Circle Tool

12.Separate Part

13.Generalize Tool

14.Smooth Tool

15.Edit Attributes

16.Edit Geometry

 

 

 

Start Editing

 

Start Editing is the leftmost button on the "Editor" Toolbar. Before users start to edit the features on the map, users have to click "Start Editing". After clicking "Start Editing", you can select features and edit the selected features with the buttons like Cut, Copy, Paste, and Erase on "Standard" Toolbar. If you would like to stop or save the editing, you can click the drop-down menu of “Starting Editing” and click "End Editing" or "Save Edits." When you are using Copy and Paste, please notice that the new feature will exactly cover the original one. Therefore, you need to move the new feature with mouse to the target location. Moreover, the other tools, like Move to, Offset, Rotate, etc will be introduced in detail in “Advanced editing tool” as well as snapping function in “Start Editing.”

 

 

Edit Target

 

Since a map is composed of several layers, and features with different geometry types belong to different layers, you may need to check the type of the target layer in "Edit Target." Some tools must be applied in specified layers, such as "Adding Features." Thus, you can only add the feature whose geometry type is the same as the layer in "Edit Target." For example, if the layer in "Edit Target" is a point layer, you can only add point features in the point layer rather than polyline features or polygon features. The editing results will be saved in the target layer. However, some tools are not limited by the geometry and  can be used directly. In this case, you can select and edit a feature on the map, and the result will be saved in the original layer. If the tool you are using cannot be implemented in the target layer, the warning window “Can not write features to target editing layer!” will pop up.

 

The tools which must be implemented in specified layer and the tools which can be implemented in any layer are listed as below:

 

 

 

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