What is editing?
A quick tour of editing
Essential editing vocabulary
Preparing a map for editing
Ways to enhance productivity while editing
Keyboard shortcuts that can be used while editing
Adding the Editor toolbar
About edit sessions
Starting an edit session (Start Editing)
Stopping an edit session (Stop Editing)
Error: No editable layers
Error: Cannot start editing while there are pending background processes
Error: Version is being reconciled
Error: Insufficient permissions on version
Error: Version is already being edited
Error: Related table or layer inside basemap layer
Error: Topology layer inside basemap layer
Error: Topology feature class inside basemap layer
Error: Geometric network feature class inside basemap layer
Error: Parcel fabric layer inside basemap layer
Error: Parcel fabric feature class inside basemap layer
Error: Joined table inside basemap layer
Error: Terrain layer inside basemap layer
Error: Layer shares data source with a layer in a basemap layer
Warning: Cannot edit layer contained in a basemap layer
Warning: Check to see that you have the appropriate permissions
Warning: Could not edit the data in the folder or database you selected
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Warning: Can't edit versioned workspace, check that you have proper permissions on the version
Warning: Incorrect edit version type
Warning: Layer or table is not registered as versioned
Warning: Data is compressed
Warning: Data source does not have an OID field
Warning: Coverage data source not editable
Warning: This data is not editable
Warning: Event layer not editable
Warning: This type of data source cannot be edited
Warning: This data cannot be edited in a projected data frame
Warning: Dimension feature class cannot be edited in a projected data frame
Warning: Geometric network projected on the fly
Warning: Unique index on non-OID field
Warning: Not licensed to edit topology
Warning: Not licensed to edit dimensions
Warning: Not licensed to edit layers with relationship classes
Warning: Not licensed to edit geometric networks
Warning: Not licensed to edit this data
Information: Spatial reference does not match data frame
Information: Layer has time enabled. Time will be disabled on the map.
About distance units and editing
About direction measuring systems and units
Setting the direction type and units used when editing
Setting the number of decimal places displayed for measurements
Common errors that may occur during editing
How to enable editing tools and commands
Editing features that have z-values
About editing in layout view
About editing data in a different projection (projecting on the fly)
Using the editing geoprocessing tools
About editing ArcSDE geodatabases
About editing data from ArcGIS Server
Making a local copy of a service for editing
Synchronizing local edits with the server
Setting options for editing server layers locally
Reverting to the ArcGIS 9 editing environment
Introduction to the Editing tutorial
Exercise 1a: Creating new points
Exercise 1b: Digitizing lines and snapping
Exercise 1c: Creating new feature templates
Exercise 1d: Creating new polygon features
Exercise 2a: Defining new types of features to create
Exercise 2b: Creating features from existing features
Exercise 2c: Editing polygon features
Exercise 2d: Editing vertices and segments
Exercise 3a: Converting labels to annotation
Exercise 3b: Editing annotation features
Exercise 3c: Creating new annotation features
Exercise 4a: Editing shared features with a map topology
Exercise 4b: Using geodatabase topology to fix line errors
Exercise 5a: Transforming data
Exercise 5b: Rubbersheeting data
Exercise 5c: Edgematching data
Exercise 5d: Transferring attributes between features
Adding a point at the endpoint of a line
Creating a point or vertex at the midpoint of two locations
Creating new points along a line
Moving a vertex to an exact x,y location (absolute x,y)
Moving a feature relative to its current location (delta x,y)
Editing a vertex's m-value or z-value
Removing points that fall inside a polygon
Creating lines that connect to other lines
Creating a cul-de-sac
Reshaping a line
Reshaping a line to match another feature
Extending a line to an intersection with another line
Trimming a line to an intersection with another line
Methods for splitting line features
Editing shared geometry
Flipping the direction of a line
Creating segments by tracing
Copying parallel line features
Creating adjoining polygons
Creating polygons from lines
Creating and editing multipart polygons
Splitting a polygon by an overlapping feature
Editing shared geometry
Reshaping a polygon to match another feature
Removing overlaps from existing polygons
Removing slivers or gaps between polygons
Creating new donut holes and island polygons
Cutting holes in existing polygons
Filling in holes in polygons
Common annotation editing tasks
About snapping
Enabling snapping
Disabling snapping
Turning on SnapTips
Setting the snapping tolerance
Setting the color used for the snap symbol
Using snapping while editing
Turning on snapping to edit sketch elements
Snapping to topology nodes
Snapping to a specific feature while editing
Snapping together multiple features
Setting the snapping environment when working on top of imagery layers
About the editing classic snapping environment
Enabling snapping (classic snapping)
Setting the snapping tolerance (classic snapping)
Turning on SnapTips (classic snapping)
About feature templates
Best practices for using feature templates
Creating new feature templates
Setting feature template properties
Setting the default attribute values of a feature template
Organizing feature templates
Grouping feature templates in the Create Features window
Filtering feature templates in the Create Features window
Defining new types of features to be created
Creating a point feature by clicking the map
Creating a point feature at the end of a line you sketch
Creating a point or vertex at an exact x,y location (absolute x,y)
Creating a point or vertex at the intersection of two distances
Creating a point or vertex at a direction and distance
Creating a point or vertex at the midpoint of two locations
Creating a point or vertex at the intersection of two segments
About creating segments
Segment construction methods
The Feature Construction toolbar
Changing the edit sketch vertex and segment symbols
Creating a vertex by clicking the map
Creating a point or vertex at an exact x,y location (absolute x,y)
Creating a vertex relative to the location of the last vertex (delta x,y)
Creating a point or vertex at the intersection of two distances
Creating a point or vertex at a direction and distance
Creating a point or vertex at the midpoint of two locations
Creating a point or vertex at the intersection of two segments
Creating a curve through start, middle, and end points (Arc)
Creating a curve through endpoints (Endpoint Arc)
Creating a curve tangent to the previous segment (Tangent)
Creating a curve tangent to the previous segment by specifying parameters (Tangent Curve)
Creating a Bézier curve
Creating a fillet curve connecting between two lines
Creating a segment using an angle and a length
Creating a segment at an angle from another segment
Creating a segment at a right angle (90 degrees) to the previous segment
Creating a segment parallel to another segment
Creating a segment perpendicular to another segment
Creating segments by tracing
Setting options for streaming
Creating segments by streaming vertices
Creating a feature by drawing freehand
Creating a circle feature
Creating an ellipse feature
Creating a rectangle feature
Creating adjoining polygons
Squaring off a line or polygon
Creating a multipoint feature
Creating a multipart feature
About geodetic features
Creating geodetic features
About preparing to digitize a paper map
Registering a paper map for digitizing
Enabling digitizing mode
Copying and pasting features
Copying and scaling features with the Copy Features tool
Creating a mirror image copy of a feature
Copying parallel line features
Creating new points along a line
Creating new lines from points
Creating a buffer around a feature
Merging features in the same layer
Combining features from different layers (Union)
Intersecting features
Separating a multipart feature (Explode)
Constructing polygons from the shapes of other features
About creating and editing annotation
Creating horizontal annotation
Creating straight annotation
Creating annotation that follows the edge of a line or polygon
Creating annotation with a leader line
Creating curved annotation
Setting annotation leader line symbol properties
Copying and pasting annotation features
Placing unplaced annotation features
About editing feature-linked annotation
Generating feature-linked annotation from selected features
Deleting a feature
Moving a feature by dragging it
Moving annotation along the edge of a line or polygon
Rotating annotation using the rotate handles
Rotating annotation in rotate mode
Changing the size of annotation
Editing the attributes of annotation
Changing annotation formatting and symbology
Editing the shape of curved annotation
Flipping annotation
Converting annotation to multiple parts
Stacking and unstacking annotation
Adding a leader line to annotation
Changing annotation placement to straight, curved, or horizontal
About creating and editing dimension features
The dimension construction tools
Creating a simple aligned dimension feature
Creating an aligned dimension feature
Creating a dimension feature with the Free Aligned tool
Creating a linear dimension feature
Creating a rotated linear dimension feature
Creating a dimension feature with the Free Linear tool
Creating a dimension feature with the Continue Dimension tool
Creating a dimension feature with the Perpendicular Dimensions tool
Creating a dimension feature with the Baseline Dimension tool
Creating a dimension feature with the Dimension Edge tool
Deleting a feature
Dimension feature geometry
Modifying a dimension feature's geometry
Dimension feature properties
Modifying a dimension feature's style
Selecting features while editing
Selecting a feature from overlapping features
Preventing inadvertent movement of features when selecting
Moving a feature by dragging it
Moving a feature and snapping it to another feature
Moving a feature relative to its current location (delta x,y)
Rotating a feature
Deleting a feature
Adding a part to a multipart feature
Separating a multipart feature (Explode)
Deleting a part from a multipart feature
Reshaping a line
Reshaping a polygon
Splitting a polygon
Flipping the direction of a line
Scaling a feature
Clipping a polygon feature
Methods for splitting line features
Splitting lines manually
Splitting lines at a specified distance or percentage
Splitting a line into an equal number of parts
Splitting lines at intersections
Splitting lines at intersections with Planarize Lines
Splitting lines proportionally
Extending a line by sketching
Extending a line to an intersection with another line
Extending multiple lines
Trimming a line to a specific length
Trimming a line to an intersection with another line
Trimming multiple lines
About simplifying and smoothing a feature
Simplifying a feature (Generalize)
Smoothing a feature (Smooth)
Editing vertices and segments
The Edit Vertices toolbar
Adding a vertex manually
Adding a vertex at the midpoint of a segment
Adding a vertex at an interval to densify an edge
Deleting a vertex
Moving a vertex by dragging it
Moving a vertex to an exact x,y location (absolute x,y)
Moving a vertex relative to its current location (delta x,y)
Moving a vertex without changing a feature's general shape
Editing a vertex's m-value or z-value
Using the Edit Sketch Properties window
Changing a segment into a straight line, a circular arc, or a Bézier curve
Editing curved segments
Editing Bézier curves
About editing attributes
Editing attributes in the Attributes window
Entering attributes immediately after creating a new feature
Applying the same attribute values to multiple features in a layer
Copying and pasting attribute values
Editing features with raster attribute fields
Enabling attachments
Adding attachments to features
Viewing attachments
About editing relationships in ArcMap
Creating a relationship between selected features
Editing the attributes of related features
About maintaining attribute integrity while editing
Editing attributes with subtypes and attribute domains
Validating features and relationships in ArcMap
About updating data using SQL
About maintaining spatial integrity while editing
About editing shared geometry
Editing shared geometry
About creating a map topology
Creating a map topology
Splitting a topology edge with the selection anchor
Splitting a topology edge at a distance from an endpoint
Rebuilding the topology cache
Snapping to topology nodes
Selecting topology edges and nodes
Deselecting topology edges and nodes
Moving a topology node
Moving a topology edge
Moving a topology element to an exact x,y location (absolute x,y)
Moving a topology element relative to its current location (delta x,y)
Moving a shared node without stretching all connected edges (split-move)
Reshaping a topology edge
Modifying a topology edge
Excluding features from shared topological edits
Merging connected edges within a feature
Changing the symbology for topology elements
Selecting the features that share a topology element
Constructing polygons from the shapes of other features
Splitting a polygon by an overlapping feature
Splitting lines at intersections with Planarize Lines
Geodatabase topology rules and topology error fixes
Validating a geodatabase topology
Finding topology errors with the Error Inspector
About fixing topology errors
Fixing topology errors
Getting a description of the rule that is violated for an error
Generating a summary of the remaining topology errors
About topology exceptions
Marking an error as an exception
Changing the symbology for selected error features
Changing topology error and exception symbology
Changing symbology for topology dirty areas
About spatial adjustment
Choosing the data to be adjusted
Creating displacement links
Creating multiple displacement links
Creating displacement links from a control point file
Creating displacement links from a file
Creating a text file to generate displacement links
Saving displacement links to a file
Setting the link and limited adjustment area symbols
Modifying displacement links
Selecting displacement links
Viewing the spatial adjustment link table
About spatial adjustment transformations
Choosing a transformation method
About spatial adjustment edgematching
Choosing an edge snap method
Setting the edge snap properties
Using the Edge Match tool
About spatial adjustment rubbersheeting
Choosing a rubbersheet method
Creating identity links
Using the Limited Adjustment Area tool
Previewing the spatial adjustment
Performing the spatial adjustment
About spatial adjustment attribute transfer
Transferring attributes between features
What is parcel editing?
A quick tour of parcel editing in the parcel fabric
Tutorial: Getting started with parcel fabric editing
Tutorial: Creating new parcels in the fabric
Tutorial: Running a fabric least-squares adjustment
Plans and the survey record
Working with the plan directory
About the parcel fabric layer
Adding a parcel fabric as a layer to ArcMap
Feature templates and the parcel fabric
Defining feature templates for fabric sublayers
Labeling and annotating parcel fabric sublayers
Managing duplicate labeling on fabric parcels
Identifying parcel fabric features in ArcMap
History in the parcel fabric layer
Displaying parcel history in the parcel fabric layer
About the parcel fabric editing environment
Editing the parcel fabric directly in automatic mode
How to edit the parcel fabric in automatic edit mode
Editing the parcel fabric in manual mode using fabric jobs
Editing the parcel fabric using fabric jobs (manual mode)
Viewing and displaying jobs in the parcel fabric job book
The fabric job XML file
Viewing parcels in projected (map) vs. local coordinate systems
Displaying parcels using dimension vs. shape values
Editing the parcel fabric and versioning
Working with the parcel fabric traverse tool
Entering a parcel traverse using bearings and distances
Entering a parcel traverse with a parcel group
Entering a parcel traverse using internal angles
Creating unclosed parcels
Importing traverse files
Modifying row highlighting behavior in the traverse grid
About creating parcels using construction lines
Digitizing construction lines
Traversing parcel construction lines
Splitting lines using the Breakline tool
Splitting parcels using Construct from parent
Creating new parcels from multiple existing parcels
Creating construction lines using parallel offset
Creating construction lines using angle and length
Creating segmented construction lines
Pasting lines as parcel construction lines
Basis of bearing
About dividing parcels by area in the parcel fabric
Creating new parcels using divide by area
Creating remainder parcels
Merging parcels in the parcel fabric
Creating natural boundaries in the parcel fabric
About multipart, donut, and island parcels
Creating multipart parcels in the parcel fabric
Creating donut and island parcels in the parcel fabric
About COGO tools in the parcel fabric
Bearing, Distance, and Delta X,Y
Tangent Curve
Intersection tools
Parallel, Perpendicular, and Deflection
Point reporting
Naming parcels using the parcel namer tool
About joining parcels to the parcel fabric
Join methods
About maintaining topological structure in the parcel fabric
Checking the topological integrity of the parcel fabric
Merging points
Adding line points
Measurements, coordinates, and accuracy in the parcel fabric
About accuracy in the parcel fabric
Viewing and editing the parcel fabric Accuracy table
About control points in the parcel fabric
Inserting control points into the parcel fabric
Linking control points to fabric points
Understanding the least-squares adjustment
About the fabric least-squares adjustment
About using connection lines to improve parcel fabric connectivity
Adding connection lines to improve connectivity in the parcel fabric
Running a fabric least-squares adjustment
Understanding the least-squares adjustment summary
Best practices for running a fabric least-squares adjustment
Restricting adjustment update privileges
About the parcel fabric feature adjustment
Running a parcel fabric feature adjustment
Versioning considerations for the parcel fabric feature adjustment
An overview of COGO
Common COGO workflows
About COGO descriptions
Adding COGO fields to a feature class
About applying a ground to grid correction
Applying a ground to grid correction
About COGO and feature templates
About creating a line with the Traverse window
Being productive while entering values in the Traverse window
Starting a traverse from a known coordinate
Adding a segment to a traverse using a direction-distance course
Adding a segment to a traverse using an angle-distance course
Adding a segment to a traverse using a curve course
Adding a segment to a traverse using a Tangent Curve course
Modifying a segment in a traverse
Loading a traverse
Saving a traverse
Obtaining a closure report
About adjusting a traverse
Adjusting a traverse
Traverse file format
About creating a line with the 2-Point Line window
Being productive while entering values in the 2-Point Line window
Creating a line with the 2-Point Line window
About creating a line with the Offset Line window
Creating a line with the Offset Line window
Saving an offset points file
Creating a cul-de-sac
Splitting features into COGO lines
Updating COGO attributes
Reporting COGO descriptions
Calculating COGO curve parameters
About calculating COGO area
Calculating COGO area