topic Re: Make fishnet that is visible but not editable in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Make fishnet that is visible but not editable

tt1 — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 10:31:29 GMT

I'm currently using a polyline fishnet grid to use as a guide when labelling land features. For example, I aim to label 10 grids per day.

An issue I have is that when creating my polygons they keep snapping to the fishnet by accident.

How can I have the fishnet visible so that I can use it as a visual guide but not interactive, so I do not snap to it by accident when creating polygons?

I use both ArcGIS and QGIS to create shapefiles, so need a solution that works across both software.

Note: I need to know the grid ID to keep a log of progress, so I would like a solution where I can still determine grid ID (either visually or by opening the attribute table).

Re: Make fishnet that is visible but not editable

KoryKramer — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 12:41:53 GMT

It sounds like you just need to turn snapping off for the fishnet layer:

Enable or disable snapping by layer—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Re: Make fishnet that is visible but not editable

tt1 — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 12:45:42 GMT

Thanks Kory! Do you know if it's possible to enable/disable the snapping status of layers in QGIS?

Re: Make fishnet that is visible but not editable

Robert_LeClair — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 16:14:36 GMT

t t - I found this link via a Google search - perhaps this will help you with QGIS.