topic Align to Edge in Data Management Questions

Align to Edge

TedCronin — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:51:07 GMT

This little tool, is going to shred. Very handy. Liking what i am seeing.

Re: Align to Edge

TedCronin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:22:18 GMT

Yes, very handy, doesn't like the small stuff so far, but now with new GDB capability, I can make my cluster smaller, awesome.

Re: Align to Edge

TedCronin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:56:09 GMT

So, one of the coolest uses for the new Align to edge, is we can take the cluster tol down to extremely low values, and be able to edit just as fast as if we had a higher tol. This makes our data better, much better, and not lose on the productivity. Very nice.

Re: Align to Edge

TedCronin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:05:43 GMT

I can use the align tool to remove overlap, fill gaps (A one stop shop), it is great for tight areas as long as your cluster tol is small enough. Modify and reshape edge are more handy for larger areas, like greater than a few feet, this is where align starts to see issues. The align tools seem to me as the go to tools going forward for a lot of editing. I now think i get it, on why LS was so stoked at holistic. I am currently editing at like 1:2.5, I cannot do that currently, awesome. These two align tools totally justify moving to 10.1 for production when released, just don't break them between today and the spring 🙂

Re: Align to Edge

RhondaGlennon — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:31:32 GMT

Glad you like it. I just posted a blog about disconnecting and moving edges (formerly, "split-move"), reshaping multiple edges, and using Align Edge.
http://betablogs.esri.com/beta/arcgis/2011/08/18/reshaping-edges/

Re: Align to Edge

TedCronin — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:43:18 GMT

Since it can be time-consuming to click all the edges manually, Align Edge is less useful when attempting to fix edges that are braided, where some edges overlap and some edges have gaps. Braided edges are better fixed with Align To Shape, which is another new alignment tool that I will introduce in a future post.

So, the align to shape works with topology as well, or only with map topology, or does that matter?

Re: Align to Edge

JohnJones — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:51:21 GMT

While align to shape doesn't require (or use) a topology, it does simultaneously update multiple features (and across different datasets) to align to a specified geometry so it can be used to create coincidence, which can then be maintained using the topology tools.