Overview of desktop editing

A quick tour of editing

Get started editing

Editing options

Change general editing tool settings

Geometry options for editing

Productivity options for editing

Change settings for editing versioned data

Change settings for saving edits

Configure follow feature settings

Customize vertex handles

Change selection settings for editing

Add project units for editing

Enable or disable editor tracking

Customize the editing tool gallery

Configure the editing toolbar

Add a feature service for editing

Configure a scene for 3D editing

Edit a utility network

Filter undo and redo for editing

Save or discard edits

Step through features on a layer

Manage editability

Enable and disable editing

Specify which layers can be edited

View layer permissions for editing

Enable snapping

Snap while creating geometry

Disable snapping for a layer

Change snapping settings

Enable the editing grid

Customize the editing grid

Geometric constraints

Constrain a segment parallel

Constrain a segment perpendicular

Constrain a 3D segment vertical

Constrain a deflection angle

Enable dynamic constraints

Inference constraints

Direction, distance and elevation commands

Constrain direction for a segment

Constrain distance for a segment

Specify an elevation for 3D features

Specify a direction and distance

Specify an xyz distance

Specify an xyz location

Intersection tools

Create a point or vertex at the intersection of two distances

Create a point or vertex at a direction and distance

Create a point or vertex at the intersection of two directions

Create a point or vertex at an inferred intersection

Create a point or vertex between two locations

Introduction to feature templates

Create a preset template

Create a feature template

Create a group template

Create a table template

Delete a feature template

Organize favorite feature templates

Filter and search for templates

Configure a feature template

Configure a group template

Configure a preset template

Configure a multipatch feature template

Feature builder reference

Multiple point features (Point)

Buffer (Point)

Radial lines (Point)

Offset (Polyline)

Point at start of line (Polyline)

Point at end of line (Polyline)

Point at every intersection (Polyline)

Point at every vertex (Polyline)

Point at every vertex except start (Polyline)

Point at every vertex except end (Polyline)

Point at every vertex except start and end (Polyline)

Buffer (Polyline)

Multiple single part lines (Polyline)

Two-point lines (Polyline)

Point at every vertex (Polygon)

Point at every vertex except start (Polygon)

Point at start only (Polygon)

Point at centroid (Polygon)

Buffer (Polygon)

Multiple polygon features (Polygon)

Two point lines (Polygon)

Single line feature (Polygon)

Introduction to creating 2D and 3D features

Copy and paste using the clipboard

Create features from GNSS device locations

Enter attributes for new features

Replace sketch geometry

Feature template messages

Create annotation features

Generate feature-linked annotation

Create dimension features

Create linear dimensions

Create point and multipoint features

Create point features along a line

Polyline and polygon construction tools

Create polyline features

Create densified line segments

Create split polylines

Create polygon features

Create adjoining polygons

Create squares and rectangles

Create arc segments and curves

Create Bezier curves

Create tangent circular arcs

Create circles and ellipses

Create features with right angles

Create segments by streaming vertices

Create segments by tracing other features

Trim or extend an unfinished line

Create multipatch features

Add prebuilt multipatch features

Create multipatch features from 3D models

Adjust traverse closure

Create parcel seed features

Create spiral curves

Import or export a traverse file

Introduction to ground to grid

Turn ground to grid corrections on or off

Introduction to modifying features

Select features for editing

Add or remove a leader line

Change annotation baseline geometry

Convert annotation to multiple parts

Reshape annotation baseline geometry

Edit annotation text

Edit text to follow a feature

Flip annotation

Modify annotation features

Stack, unstack, or flip annotation

Align or distribute features

Align features to a traced line

Move or rotate or scale a feature

Move a feature to specified location

Rubbersheet features

Transform a feature

Modify a dimension

Create a fillet between two segments

Trim a polyline feature

Cut a hole in a polygon feature

Fill a hole in a polygon feature

Extend or Trim polyline features

Generalize a feature

Replace feature geometry

Reshape a feature

Resume editing a finished feature

Modify feature vertices

Modify feature segments

Edit vertex m-values

Edit vertex z-values

Reverse the direction of a polyline

Clip features using another feature

Divide a polyline by a value

Divide a polygon by a value

Planarize polyline features

Split a feature

Split lines at an intersection

Construct geodetic features

Construct polygons from features

Copy line features parallel

Create a 2D or 3D buffer

Create features along a line at an offset

Create a mirror copy of a feature

Copy an array of features

Duplicate 3D features vertically

Merge features into one feature

Apply textures to a multipatch feature

Explode a multipatch feature

Modify a multipatch feature

Offset a multipatch face

Replace a multipatch feature

Slice a multipatch feature

Edit 3D objects by directly accessing model files

Add features to a multipart or multipoint feature

Delete features and parts of features

Explode a multipart feature

Split lines into COGO lines

Create a route from line features

Create a complex route

Calibrate a selected route

Define a portion of a route

Edit feature attributes

Edit feature relationships

Edit annotation symbol attributes

Edit file attachments

Format annotation features

Configure field mapping

Transfer attributes between features

Update COGO attributes

Assign sequential attributes by drawing a line

View utility network associations

Introduction to editing topology

Align topology edges

Edit topology segments

Edit topology vertices

Move topology edges and nodes

Move a topology node

Reshape a topology edge

Validate and fix geodatabase topology

Geodatabase topology rules for point features

Geodatabase topology rules for polygon features

Geodatabase topology rules for polyline features

3D z value reference for editing

Direction formats for editing

Distance formats for editing

Keyboard shortcuts for editing

Modify Features tool reference

Utility Network reference for editing

Terminology for editing

Message: Annotation cannot be edited

Message: CAD layers cannot be edited

Message: Coverage annotation layers cannot be edited

Message: Coverage layers cannot be edited

Message: Dimensions cannot be edited

Message: Event source table cannot be edited

Message: Geometric network cannot be edited

Message: Image server layers cannot be edited

Message: IMS sub feature layers cannot be edited

Message: KML cannot be edited

Message: LAS datasets can be edited using tools on the Data tab

Message: Layer type cannot be edited

Message: Layer with heat map renderer is not editable

Message: Parcel fabrics cannot be edited

Message: Raster layers cannot be edited

Message: Relationship query tables cannot be edited

Message: Representation layer cannot be edited

Message: Services of this type cannot be edited

Message: Tiled service layers cannot be edited

Message: TIN layers cannot be edited

Message: Workspace cannot be edited

Message: Insufficient licensing to edit this layer

Message: Not licensed to edit topology

Message: Not licensed to edit data in relationships

Message: A later version of the parcel fabric is available

Message: <data type> layer cannot be found

Message: 3D layer offset is disabled while editing

Message: Dimensions cannot be edited when projected on the fly

Message: Edits made to this layer cannot be undone

Message: Feature layer is locked by another application

Message: Geometric network cannot be edited when projected on the fly

Message: Layer cannot be edited

Message: Layer cannot be edited when projected on the fly

Message: Layer is projected on the fly

Message: Layer is time enabled

Message: Layer or table is not registered as versioned

Message: Branch versioned data can only be edited through a feature service

Message: This table is registered as versioned with a different model than the connected version. Edits cannot be made.