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Posted on January 22, 2023 (Updated on July 10, 2025)

Shifting ArcMap shapefile (lines) from point A to point B?

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How do you shift a shapefile?

In ArcMap open the Catalog window, browse to your shapefile, right-click > Copy, then right-click > Paste into the same folder. Now just drag and drop your selected features to their new location. Once you are happy with their position select Edit > Save Edits and Edit > Stop Editing to save your changes.
 

How do I move a line in ArcMap?

Moving a feature by dragging it

  1. Click the Edit tool. on the Editor toolbar.
  2. Click the feature or features you want to move. Hold down the SHIFT key while clicking features to select additional features.
  3. Drag the feature or features to the desired location.


How do I draw a line between points in Arcgis?

Create lines from known coordinates

  1. In the Distance and Direction pane, click the Line tab.
  2. In the Create Using section, choose the Points option.
  3. Enter a coordinate in the Starting Point text box.
  4. Enter a coordinate in the Ending Point text box.
  5. Press Enter or click Create Line. A line is created and added to the map.


How do you convert points to polylines in ArcMap?

The Select draw order drop-down arrow on the Production Points to Line/Polygon dialog box displays a set of options associated with numeric values. The Production Points To Line Or Polygon tool uses the numeric values of the option you select, going from lowest to highest, to create the polyline or polygon feature.

How do you shift points in Arcgis?

Moving a feature by dragging it

  1. Click the Edit tool. on the Editor toolbar.
  2. Click the feature or features you want to move. Hold down the SHIFT key while clicking features to select additional features.
  3. Drag the feature or features to the desired location.


How do you shift vectors?

To get another shift vector, take v as shown so that Tv is in the group (and v is in the lattice) and take a = v + R(v) as shown. As before a is on the mirror and so is left fixed by R. Then, if w is a vertical basis element of the lattice, any shift vector of R is of the form (2n+1)w where n ∈ Z.

How do you offset lines in ArcMap?

Creating a line with the Offset Line window

  1. Click the Edit tool.
  2. Click the line feature or features for which you want to create an offset line.
  3. Click Offset Line.
  4. Choose the target in which the new feature will be created.
  5. The direction of the selected line is indicated by arrows.

How do I edit a line in Arcgis?

Quote from video: So to edit the data we need to open up an editing session click on the ellipses or more options and go to enable editing.

How do you move a polygon?

Move a Polygon Feature

  1. First engage the MOVE FEATURE(S) tool.
  2. Click on the polygon feature that you want to move, and drag it to a new position, then release the mouse.
  3. The entire polygon will be “nudged” to the new position, without having touched the relative positions of any vertices that make up the boundary.


How do I move a shapefile in ArcGIS pro?

Move a feature

  1. On the Edit tab, turn map topology off, choose your snapping preferences, and show the Modify Features pane.
  2. In the pane, expand Alignment, and click Move .
  3. Click Select.
  4. If you are using the selection anchor to snap to other features, drag it to the new location.

How do I move a shapefile to geodatabase?

In the ArcCatalog tree, right-click the shapefile you want to import into your geodatabase. Point to Export. Click Shapefile to Geodatabase Wizard. The wizard appears with the input shapefile field already populated with the shapefile you selected in ArcCatalog.

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