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Use PEDIT on a single or multipart feature. You can edit polygonal features
and linear features (with or without M or Z values), but not point features.
You can use the Join option to connect linear features. For single linear features,
the feature ID for the first feature you selected is used for the resulting feature.
For multipart linear features, you can join only features whose end points
touch; the first selected feature is updated using the current Merge rules.
You can use the JOIN command on non-closed linear features with or without
M or Z values. If the features are all on the same layer, the geometry and
attributes of the source feature are updated, using the current Merge rules.
The joined feature is removed.
You can use the AutoCAD OSNAP modes when editing features. Snap to any
graphic within a block definition that is used to symbolize a point. You can
also use OSNAP Node to snap to the insertion point of of an attribute, a block,
a shape, or text. OSNAP Node is turned off by default.
If there is an AutoCAD operation you cannot perform on a feature, you can
extract the feature geometry (page 715), edit it using AutoCAD commands, and
then
update the feature geometry (page 716). Feature data and rules are
preserved.
You can also merge AutoCAD geometry with existing features directly, without
extracting feature geometry first.
NOTE When you use EXPLODE on features, they are converted to AutoCAD
drawing objects.
Tell me more
Video
■ Show me how to edit features using
automatic check-out.
Procedure
■ To edit features with AutoCAD com-
mands (page 715)
Workflow
■ Edit Features in a Geospatial Feature
Source
GIS Skill
■ Edit feature geometry directly in a SHP
file using CAD tools.
■ Edit features as polylines using PEDIT.
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