Polyline and polygon construction tools

On the Mapview toolbar, feature construction tools for polyline and polygon layers create features using the pointer. Segment construction tools for the active tool are available on the construction toolbar in the map view and above the context menu when you right-click the map.

Polygon feature tools

Polygon feature construction tools are described in the following table:

Tool	Description
Polygon	Create irregular polygon features. Feature geometry can comprise straight and curvilinear segments using the segment tools that appear on the construction toolbar.
Circle	Create planar circular features using the pointer or numeric values to specify a center and a radius.
Rectangle	Create planar rectangular or square features using the pointer or numeric values.
Ellipse	Create planar ellipse features using the pointer or numeric values.
Freehand	Create a free-form polygon with the pointer. When you finish the sketch, all segments are converted to Bézier curves.

Polyline feature tools

Polyline feature construction tools are described in the following table:

Tool	Description
Line	Create polyline features comprising multiple straight and curvilinear segments.
Right Angle	Create straight segments constrained to 90 degrees from each previous segment.
Split	Create a polyline feature across an existing line feature on the same layer and split both lines where they intersect.
Two-point Line	Create two-point line features. The feature is automatically finished when you create the second vertex.
Freehand	Create a free-form polyline feature that follows the pointer. Clicking the map a second time finishes the feature and automatically converts the segments to a series of Bézier curves.