topic ArcGIS Create Feature Classes with a "Bucket" tool in ArcGIS Pro Questions

ArcGIS Create Feature Classes with a "Bucket" tool

AngelRomoSandoval — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 06:09:03 GMT

Hello, there is any tool to create polygons simply clicking in the center of group of closed lines, like the Paint tool "Bucket" in the basic license of ArcGIS Pro?

I know "follow" but it is not so fast...

Re: ArcGIS Create Feature Classes with a "Bucket" tool

DanPatterson — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 08:19:11 GMT

Feature To Polygon (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

but requires a standard or advanced license, dittto for

Construct polygons from features—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Re: ArcGIS Create Feature Classes with a "Bucket" tool

wayfaringrob — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 14:36:13 GMT

That would be pretty sweet if it did - something like the trace tool, but to connect/join existing lines into a new polygon. Adobe Illustrator has a nifty tool that does exactly this -- the shape builder tool (Shift+M). If you've got Illustrator, depending on your workflow, goals, and how many features you have, that may be worth the pain of exporting the .ai to a CAD format and georeferencing it in Pro. It's a little tedious but I've done it and it works decently well.

Re: ArcGIS Create Feature Classes with a "Bucket" tool

Robert_LeClair — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 21:48:10 GMT

Dan is correct - the Basic license is the hindrance to easy ways to construct polygons. You can read more about solutions here - not ideal of course but they work.

There's a 3rd party solution called XTools that allows you to do this but it requires a purchase. But with that said you can download it and try for 14 days for free.