Extending a line to an intersection with another line

The Extend tool Extend Tool on the Advanced Editing toolbar lets you click a line feature and extend it to another selected line feature. To use the Extend tool, select the feature that you want to extend lines to, then start clicking the lines you want to extend.

Black vertical lines are to be extended to meet the red horizontal line
Black vertical lines are to be extended to meet the red horizontal line
Select the line to extend to and click each line to extend to it
Select the line to extend to and click each line to extend to it
Result of extending the lines
Result of extending the lines
Steps:
  1. Click the Edit tool Edit Tool on the Editor toolbar.
  2. Select the line segment to which you want to extend a line.
  3. Click the Extend tool Extend Tool on the Advanced Editing toolbar.
  4. Click the endpoint of the feature you want to extend.

    The line you clicked is extended to the selected line.

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5/6/2011