Creating lines and polygons with composite templates
You digitize a new line of a polygon feature's shape by drawing an edit sketch, which is the underlying representation of the feature's geometry. As you sketch, you see a preview with the actual symbology used for that template, with the vertices symbolized as red and green squares.
A sketch is composed of all the vertices and segments of the feature. Vertices are the points at which the sketch changes direction, such as corners; segments are the lines that connect the vertices.
![Vertices and segments in a polygon sketch Vertices and segments in a polygon sketch](0106/GUID-0157648A-B41C-43EA-A81F-D9166B7CB2A3-web.png)
The following composite construction tools can be used to create line and polygon features from composite templates:
Construction tool name | Sketch type |
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Coincident Lines | Line |
Coincident Polygons | Polygon |
Polygon/Line | Polygon |
Point at Polygon Center | Polygon |
Point at Polygon Start | Polygon |
Point at Line Start or End | Line |
Point at Line Center | Line |
Points at Polygon Vertices | Polygon |
Points at Line Vertices | Line |
- Start ArcMap.
Conseil :
If the ArcMap - Getting Started dialog box appears, you can open a new or existing map document. You can also check the Do not show this dialog box in the future check box and click Open.
- If necessary, load data in the map.
- On the main menu, click Customize > Toolbars > Production Editing.
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Click the Production Start Editing button
on the Production Editing toolbar.
Remarque :
The Manage Features and Create Attributes, Update Attributes, or Metadata Attributes windows automatically appear when you start an edit session using the Production Start Editing tool.
Conseil :
If the Create Attributes, Update Attributes, or Metadata Attributes window does not appear when you start an edit session, click the Show/Hide Attributes button
on the Manage Features window.
- Click the Create tab on the Manage Features window.
- Choose a composite template with at least one line or polygon layer on the Create tab on the Manage Features window.
A construction tool is selected by default.
- Choose a construction tool.
- Click the map or provide the proper inputs to build the sketch.
- Finish the sketch to create the feature.