Documentation | Help File | UI | 2D Mode | Menu | Shape | New shape | Closed line

Clicking on the Shape/Create new shape/Closed line menu item activates one of the special editing features used to create a shape of the line type on a vector layer. A closed line shape created with the Closed line feature is composed of two or more sequentially numbered vertices with straight line segments connecting them. Intermediate vertices are created manually. The first vertex is automatically connected with the last one.

The way the vertices are being connected can be changed by choosing one of the edit modes - see Edit mode, Nearest point and After active point topics for details.

The Editor can snap newly created vertices to the existing ones - see Edit snap type, Snap to point and Snap to line topics for details.

To create a closed line shape on a vector layer

1. Select (highlight) the layer in which the closed broken line is to be created. Do it by clicking on its name in the Legend.
2. Use the Zoom mode, Zoom extended mode and Drag mode to adjust the extent visible on the Map area to cover the area where you would like to create the line.
3. Click on the Shape/Create new shape/Closed line menu item.
4. Within the Map area move the mouse pointer over the desired location and click - a starting vertex of the line will be added.
5. To add an intermediate vertex along with a line segment move the mouse pointer over the desired location and click. [OPTIONAL] Repeat this step as many times as needed.
6. When the line is drawn click on the Shape/Create new shape/Closed line menu item to confirm - the first and the last vertex will be connected automatically.

• The icon on the Standard toolbar; if not visible click on the rightmost icon on the same toolbar and then on the Closed line item on the drop-down list.

• To create a different shape of a line type, use one of the following features: Line, Line 90°, Line free, Closed line 90°, Rectangle [line], Rectangle rotated [line], Circle [line], Circle 3point base [line].
• To create a polygon bounded by a closed line, use the Polygon feature.

• To edit an existing shape, use the Edit shape feature.
• To remove a shape from a vector layer, use the Delete shape feature.

• If the edited layer is stored in the ArcView Shape File (SHP) format of the type different than line then this feature will be inactive.