An overview of the Cartographic Refinement toolset

The Cartographic Refinement toolset contains tools that enrich symbology by adjusting the alignment and arrangement of symbols and creating bridge and tunnel features.

Tools in the Cartographic Refinement toolset

Tool	Description
Align Marker To Stroke Or Fill	Aligns the marker symbol layers of a point feature class to the nearest stroke or fill symbol layers in a line or polygon feature class within a specified search distance.
Calculate Color Theorem Field	Populates an integer field to use for symbolizing polygons with a small number of colors and ensuring no two adjacent polygons are the same color.
Calculate Line Caps	Modifies the cap type for stroke symbol layers in the line symbols of the input layer.
Calculate Polygon Main Angle	Calculates the dominant angles of input polygon features and assigns the values to a field to use to orient symbology such as markers or hatch lines within the polygons.
Convert Control Points To Vertices	Converts control points in a line or polygon feature layer to vertices.
Convert Marker Placement To Points	Creates points from the markers of a marker placement in a symbolized polygon feature.
Create Overpass	Creates bridge parapets and polygon masks at line intersections to indicate overpasses.
Create Underpass	Creates bridge parapets and polygon masks at line intersections to indicate underpasses.
Disperse Markers	Finds point symbols that overlap or are too close to one another based on symbology at reference scale and spreads them apart based on a minimum spacing and dispersal pattern.
Generate Hachures For Defined Slopes	Creates multipart lines or polygons representing the slope between the lines representing the upper and lower parts of a slope.
Set Control Point At Intersect	Creates a control point at vertices that are shared by one or more line or polygon features. This tool is commonly used to synchronize boundary symbology on adjacent polygons.
Set Control Point By Angle	Places a control point at vertices along a line or polygon outline where the angle created by a change in line direction is less than or equal to a specified maximum angle.