Overview of desktop editing

A quick tour of editing

Get started editing

Editing options

Set edit session options

Change options for editing layers

Change settings for saving edits

Change general editing tool settings

Geometry options for editing

Productivity options for editing

Customize vertex handles

Configure follow feature settings

Change selection settings for editing

Add project units for editing

Configure settings for editing

Set the layer display field

Introduction to projection on the fly

Configure a scene for 3D editing

Add a feature service for editing

Link the pointer across maps

Enable or disable editor tracking

Change map unit settings for editing

Filter undo and redo for editing

Save or discard edits

Step through features on a layer

Create parking stall line features

Enable and disable editing

Manage editability

Specify which layers can be edited

View layer permissions for editing

Editor settings for constraints

Editor settings for the editing toolbar and status bar

Configure the status bar for editing

Configure the editing toolbar

Customize the editing tool gallery

Enable snapping

Change snapping settings

Snap while creating geometry

Disable snapping for a layer

Enable the editing grid

Customize the editing grid

Use the snap chip

Geometric constraints

Constrain a segment parallel

Constrain a segment perpendicular

Constrain a 3D segment vertical

Constrain a deflection angle

Enable dynamic constraints

Configure on-screen 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 location

Specify an xyz distance

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

Editing template types

Feature template messages

Create a preset template

Create a feature template

Create a group template

Create a table template

Use a table template

Copy feature templates

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 table template

Configure a multipatch feature template

Feature builder reference

Point at centroid (Polygon)

Multiple point features (Point)

Offset (Polyline)

Points along

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)

Point at every vertex (Polygon)

Point at every vertex except start (Polygon)

Point at start only (Polygon)

Radial lines (Point)

Multiple single part lines (Polyline)

Two-point lines (Polyline)

Two point lines (Polygon)

Single line feature (Polygon)

Multiple polygon features (Polygon)

Introduction to creating 2D and 3D features

Enter attributes for new features

Edit sketch geometry

Copy and paste using the clipboard

Paste special

Create features from GNSS device locations

Create annotation features

Generate feature-linked annotation

Create dimension features

Create linear dimensions

Point construction tools

Create point and multipoint features

Create a point feature at the end of a line

Create point features along a line

Polyline and polygon construction tools

Create polyline features

Create split polylines

Create polygon features

Create adjoining polygons

Trim or extend an unfinished line

Create squares and rectangles

Create circles and ellipses

Create an ellipse feature

Segment construction tools

Create arc segments and curves

Create tangent circular arcs

Calculate circular arcs

Create Bezier curves

Create densified line segments

Create features with right angles

Create segments by streaming vertices

Create segments by tracing other features

Create multipatch features

Add prebuilt multipatch features

Create multipatch features from 3D models

Create a traverse

Set traverse units

Enter a traverse

Adjust traverse closure

Import or export a traverse file

Traverse file format

Create a cul-de-sac

Create parcel seed features

Create spiral curves

Introduction to modifying features

Geometry properties

Select features for editing

Replace sketch geometry

Delete features and parts of features

Modify Features tool reference

Align or distribute features

Align features to a traced line

Move or rotate or scale a feature

Move a feature to specified location

Transform a feature

Rubbersheet features

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 z-values

Edit vertex m-values

Reverse the direction of a polyline

Set the origin vertex of a polygon

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

Explode a multipart feature

Modify annotation features

Edit annotation text

Flip annotation

Change annotation baseline geometry

Reshape annotation baseline geometry

Edit text to follow a feature

Stack, unstack, or flip annotation

Add or remove a leader line

Convert annotation to multiple parts

Modify a dimension

Modify dimension style properties

Change length of COGO-enabled line 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

Introduction to control points

Enable control points or change symbology

Edit control points

Edit feature attributes

Correct invalid attribute values

Edit feature relationships

Edit file attachments

Edit annotation symbol attributes

Format annotation features

Configure field mapping

Transfer attributes between features

Transfer feature geometry

Update COGO attributes

Assign sequential attributes by drawing a line

Edit topology

Introduction to editing topology

Configure map topology options

Align topology edges

Edit topology segments

Edit topology vertices

Move topology edges and nodes

Move a topology node

Reshape a topology edge

Geodatabase topology

Validate and fix geodatabase topology

Geodatabase topology rules for point features

Geodatabase topology rules for polygon features

Geodatabase topology rules for polyline features

COGO and Ground to Grid tools for editing

Introduction to COGO

Introduction to ground to grid

Turn ground to grid corrections on or off

Enable COGO for a line feature class

Edit a utility network

Utility Network reference for editing

View utility network associations

Configure a scene for 3D editing

Multipatch and 3D object snapping

3D z value reference for editing

Specify an elevation for 3D features

Create multipatch features

Add prebuilt multipatch features

Create multipatch features from 3D models

Modify a multipatch feature

Add a roof to a multipatch feature

Offset a multipatch face

Apply textures to a multipatch feature

Explode a multipatch feature

Replace a multipatch feature

Slice a multipatch feature

Edit 3D objects by directly accessing model files

Direction formats for editing

Distance formats for editing

Keyboard shortcuts 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: This annotation layer is from an earlier release

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 with an unknown coordinate system

Message: Layer cannot be edited when projected on the fly

Message: Layer is projected on the fly

Message: Layer is time enabled

Message: Insufficient permissions to edit the selected version

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.