ArcMap Editing Tips and Tricks esri（提示和技巧esri ArcMap编辑）.pdf

ArcMap Editing Tips and Tricks By Colin Childs and Keith Mann, ESRI Educational Services ArcMap is the comprehensive map authoring application for ArcGIS Desktop. In addition to data display and query, it is also used for high-level map creation and sophisticated CAD-like editing so features can be cre- ated quickly and easily while maintaining the spatial integrity of a GIS da- tabase. The same editing tools are available in ArcMap at all license lev- els—ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo. In ArcMap, you can edit shapefiles and geodatabases using a common user interface. This article highlights 11 useful tips and tricks that will make you more productive when editing in ArcMap. In this article you will learn how to perform the following tasks: Task Challenge Modify feature selection by individual layer. 1 Select the desired feature from overlapping selectable layers. 2 Prevent selected features from being moved accidentally. 3 See the feature type or layer currently affected by the active 4 snap agent. Control which features snap. 5 Override snapping environment settings. 6 Toggle between the Sketch tool and other editing tools using 7 shortcut keys. Use units different than the map units when specifying 8 distance for a sketch segment. Cut polygon features based on a specified distance from a line