Packing Polygons within polygon using ArcGIS Desktop?

How do I add a polygon to an existing shapefile?

Add a new shapefile or feature class to your project (right click on folder/feature dataset > new Shapefile/Feature Class… > feature type “Polygon”). Make sure to define your coordinate system if you are working with a shapefile.
 

How do you cut polygon features along the boundary of existing polygons?

Procedure

1. Select both polygons.
2. On the Editor toolbar, set the ‘target layer’ to the layer containing the polygon to be cut.
3. Set task to Cut Polygon Feature.
4. Set the snapping environment to the polygon to be cut.
5. Trace that polygon or right-click and select Replace Sketch. Finish Sketch on the cut polygon.

How do you select a point within a polygon in Arcgis?

Find what is inside a polygon

1. Select a feature polygon layer in the Contents pane.
2. On the Data tab, click Spatial Join .
3. Click the Join Features drop-down menu and select the polygon layer.
4. Under Match Options, choose Completely within.
5. Change additional parameters as needed.
6. Run the tool.

How to mask in ArcGIS?

To mask a layer, follow these steps:

1. Choose one or more layers to be masked in the Contents pane.
2. On the Feature Layer tab, in the Drawing group, click Masking .
3. On the drop-down menu, check one or more layers in the list. The layers with check marks mask the selected layer.

How do you combine multiple polygons into one?

Note:

1. Click the Edit tool. on the Editor toolbar.
2. Click the features you want to merge. The features must be from the same layer.
3. Click the Editor menu and click Merge.
4. Click the feature that the features will be merged into and will supply the attributes for the merged feature.
5. Click OK.

How do you combine two polygons?

Procedure

1. Display the polygon coverage to edit in Edit Tools.
2. On the Edit Polygons menu, click Merge.
3. Select two adjacent polygons. The new polygon has the attributes of the last polygon selected.

How do I cut a polygon in ArcGIS with another polygon?

Select the line or polygon features you want to use to split the existing polygon or polygon features.



You can cut multiple polygons this way, but the cut line is based on a sketch you draw manually.

1. Select the polygon.
2. Click the Cut Polygons tool.
3. Click Trace.
4. Click and trace along the existing line or polygon.

How do you combine two polygons features into a single polygon?

Use “Select Features by Area” button -> select the polygons to be merged. Select “Toggle Editing” mode -> then “Merge selected features”
 

How do I cut a polygon from another polygon in Arcmap?

Clipping a polygon feature

1. Click the Edit tool. on the Editor toolbar.
2. Select the feature you want to use to clip.
3. Click the Editor menu and click Clip.
4. Type a buffer value.
5. Click the type of clip operation: whether to discard or maintain the area that intersections.
6. Click OK to clip the feature.

How do I add a polygon to a layer?

Polygon

1. If the current map does not contain a polygon feature layer, add it.
2. On the Edit tab, choose your snapping preferences, and show the Create Features pane.
3. In the Create Features pane, click a polygon feature template, and click the Polygon construction tool .

How do you add a polygon?

Create regular polygon features

1. Add your data and configure settings for editing.
2. On the ribbon, click the Edit tab.
3. In the Create Features pane, click a polygon feature template.
4. Click the Regular Polygon tool .
5. Click the map to create the center point.
6. Move the pointer and click the map to specify a distance.