Modify sketch geometry

Vertex Editing is a drawing mode that allows you to edit vertices and segments for unfinished feature geometry. This setting is available on the segment construction toolbar when you are actively drawing feature geometry.

Modifying sketch geometry is comparable to editing vertices. Hover over a vertex or a segment until the pointer changes and drag the geometry or right-click and click the available commands.

You can set the project option setting for vertex editing to automatically turn this mode on or off when you start creating polyline or polygon feature geometry.

Modify a vertex or a segment

Tip:

Turn vertex editing off to draw a closed polyline feature with the last segment vertex at the same location as the first vertex.

1. If unfinished feature geometry is not currently active, create at least two unfinished segments using a polyline or polygon feature construction tool.
2. On the segment construction toolbar, click Vertex Editing and confirm it is turned on.

   

3. To edit a vertex, hover over the vertex until the vertex pointer appears. Drag the vertex with the pointer, or right-click it and click one of the following commands:

   Add Vertex	Adds a vertex with the same x-, y-, z- and m-values as the right-clicked vertex.
   Delete Vertex	Deletes the right-clicked vertex.
   Move	Moves the right-clicked vertex by the specified x, y, z distances.
   Move To	Moves the right-clicked vertex to the specified x, y, z location.
   Reverse Direction	Changes the direction of a sketch. The first vertex in the sketch becomes the last vertex.
   Trim Before	Deletes all vertices in a sketch from the start vertex to the right-clicked vertex.
   Trim After	Deletes all vertices in a sketch from the right-clicked vertex to the end vertex.

4. To modify a segment, hover over the segment until the segment pointer appears. Drag the segment with the pointer, or right-click it and click one of the following commands:

   Add Vertex	Adds a vertex at the right-clicked location.
   Change segment	Changes the right-clicked segment to a line, an arc, or a Bezier curve.
   Reverse Direction	Changes the direction of a sketch. The first vertex in the sketch becomes the last vertex. Note: This command is available only with line feature sketches.
   Change Length	Changes the total length of a sketched line to the specified value. A positive value preserves the location of the first vertex. A negative value preservers the location of the last vertex. Note: This command is available only with line feature sketches.

5. To finish the feature, click Finish , or press the F2 key.

Replace a sketch

While you create a polyline or polygon feature, right-click an existing feature with the same geometry type, and click Replace Sketch . The active sketch geometry is replaced by a copy of the geometry of the existing feature.

1. If unfinished feature geometry is not currently active, create at least two unfinished segments using a polyline or polygon feature construction tool.
2. Right-click the finished feature containing the geometry with which you want to replace the unfinished sketch, and click Replace Sketch .
3. To finish the feature, click Finish , or press the F2 key.

   The new feature is the current selection.