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ArcGIS Pro - How to create a polygon shapefile?

AntonioSaavedra — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:05:30 GMT

I am trying to create a polygon shapefile in ArcGIS Pro and encountering some difficulties. I <click> the Edit tab, set snapping to on, <click> Create, <select> Polygon and selected vertices then I proceeded to create my polygon and when finish double click and the polygon that I created disappeared. I know I am missing several steps and hope that someone can point me in the right direction.

Thanks

Re: ArcGIS Pro - How to create a polygon shapefile?

KyleBalke__GISP — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:28:52 GMT

Antonio...it does not appear that you have an editable layer (or any layer for that matter) in your current map.

Re: ArcGIS Pro - How to create a polygon shapefile?

DanPatterson_Retired — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:34:36 GMT

Antonio

A work in progress, but it will give you a visual key for transitioning between ArcMap and Pro...

ArcGIS Pro ... useful transitioning links and images

Re: ArcGIS Pro - How to create a polygon shapefile?

MervynLotter — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 06:39:43 GMT

Hi Antonio

If you want to* create* a polygon shapefile from scratch, as your question

was titled, then you need to run the Create Feature Class tool and* only

provide the name of the folder where you would like the shapefile stored*

under the Feature Class Location. Then provide a name under Feature Class

Name (you can add the .shp extension if you want, but it will still create

a shapefile if you dont), select Polygon as Geometry type (it is the

default I think), select your coordinate system then hit run.

Regards

Re: ArcGIS Pro - How to create a polygon shapefile?

AntonioSaavedra — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:09:16 GMT

Thanks very much!!! This help a lot.

Re: ArcGIS Pro - How to create a polygon shapefile?

AntonioSaavedra — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:12:34 GMT

Thanks very much! I will make the correction.

Re: ArcGIS Pro - How to create a polygon shapefile?

Jérémie_JeanSimonet — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 07:17:09 GMT

Sorry I'm a complete noob but how you create the editable layer?

Re: ArcGIS Pro - How to create a polygon shapefile?

DanPatterson_Retired — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 10:25:47 GMT

I Pro all layers are editable... except for basemaps as is the case of the only layer in the OP's image. You don't need to start an edit session as in ArcMap

help topics to peruse

http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/editing/overview-of-desktop-editing.htm

http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/editing/a-quick-tour-of-editing.htm

Re: ArcGIS Pro - How to create a polygon shapefile?

MikeMerigliano — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 05:29:04 GMT

I am working with the trial version of ArcGIS Pro, and am having trouble editing any kind of shapefile. I have many such files from other projects, and could add them to my map just fine. I added a new one with Create Feature Class, but I do not see any menu items that allow me to edit existing shapefiles, or draw new points, polyline, or polygons in a new shapefile. I looked through Tools, the Edit and Map menus, and I don't see what I should be seeing based on ESRI help and a few other related websites. It seems like the edit shapefile functionality is missing. I have installed the latest upgrade, but that did not help.