ETGT_GetStarted

ET GeoTools Getting Started

Most of the tools of ET GeoTools work within an Editing Session and depending on the geometry type of the currently edited layer. The topics on each of the tools in the User Guide indicates the type of the edited layer you can use the tool on.

To start an Editing Session you need to

Open the Editor toolbar
- ArcGIS 9.x - View ==> Toolbars ==> Editor
- ArcGIS 10.x - Customize ==> Toolbars ==> Editor
On the Editor toolbar click Editor ==> Start Editing

Select layer to be edited. This task depends on the ArcGIS version

ArcGIS 9.x - set the target using the combo box provided on the Editor Toolbar.

ArcGIS 10.x - two possible ways depending on your advanced ArcGIS settings. To access the Advanced settings go using Windows explorer to "..\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\Utilities" and run "AdvancedArcMapSettings.exe". In the dialog select the Editor tab. If you uncheck the "Create features using templates" checkbox, the classic Editor toolbar will be available when you restart ArcMap. If the "Create features using templates" checkbox is checked the new Editor toolbar will be available in ArcMap

Classic Editor toolbar - the same as in ArcGIS 9.x (see above)

Create features using templates. There is no "Target" box on the Editor toolbar. The current edited layer is set in the Create Features panel which opens when an Editing Session is started.

For each layer you need to have a template in order to be able to edit it. The target edited layer is the layer for which a template is selected.

Notes:

The tools of ET GeoTools do not depend on the template selected, but just on the layer to which the selected template belongs.

The templates are based on a single attribute only. If you are using the standard digitizing tools you need to adjust the rest of the attributes for the digitized feature afterwards.

If you use the Draw Features with Attributes tools of ET GeoTools you can add values for as many attributes as you wish together with the digitized feature.