Edit unfinished vertices

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Vertex Editing Edit Vertex is an editing mode that allows you to edit unfinished vertices and segments while you draw a feature. The workflow is comparable to editing vertices. This setting is available on the construction toolbar when a line or polygon feature construction tool is active.

When you use vertex editing, consider the following:

  • When vertex editing is off, vertices and segments cannot be modified while you draw a feature once you create them.
  • To draw a closed polyline feature with the last vertex at the same location as the first vertex, turn vertex editing off.
  • To set vertex editing on by default, enable this setting in project options.

To edit unfinished vertices and segments while you draw a feature, complete the following steps:

  1. Create at least two unfinished segments using a polyline or polygon feature construction tool.
  2. On the segment construction toolbar, click Vertex Editing Edit Vertex and confirm it is turned on.
    Vertex Editing
  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:

    M value

    Edit vertex m-values for polylineZM features.

    Add Vertex Add

    Add a vertex with the same x-, y-, z- and m-values as the right-clicked vertex.

    Delete Vertex Close

    Delete the right-clicked vertex.

    Move Move

    Move the right-clicked vertex by the specified x, y, z distances.

    Move To Move To

    Move the right-clicked vertex to the specified x, y, z location.

    Reverse Direction Reverse Direction

    Change the direction of a sketch. The first vertex in the sketch becomes the last vertex.

    Trim Before Trim Before

    Delete all vertices in a sketch from the start vertex to the right-clicked vertex.

    Trim After Trim After

    Delete 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 Add

    Add a vertex at the right-clicked location.

    Change segment

    Change the right-clicked segment to a line, an arc, or a Bezier curve.

    Reverse Direction Reverse Direction

    Change 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 Trim to Length

    Change 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 Finish, or press the F2 key.

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