topic Change "base point" for polygon snapping in Mapping Questions

Change "base point" for polygon snapping

forestknutsen1 — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 01:20:57 GMT

How do I change the "base point" (the small x) for a polygon when I am moving it?

Re: Change "base point" for polygon snapping

DanPatterson_Retired — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 02:52:33 GMT

The base point is the first/last point created during the process of digitizing/creation if memory serves. You might want to run an experiment

Re: Change "base point" for polygon snapping

AdrianWelsh — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 02:55:35 GMT

You can turn on midpoint snapping from the Snapping toolbar. To do this, start an edit session, and in the Edit Toolbar, drop down the Editor list, go to Snapping and then Snapping Toolbar. In the snapping toolbar, you can select midpoint snapping.

Now, to move the anchor point, base point, there are some steps listed here:

34874 - Move the anchor point of a feature

Start an Edit Session.
Select the Edit tool and double-click the feature.
Select the Rotate tool on the Editor Toolbar.
Hover the mouse over the feature's anchor to move it to a new location.
Click and drag the anchor point to a new location.

Then you can drag the anchor point to the mid section of that line segment.

Re: Change "base point" for polygon snapping

DanPatterson_Retired — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 03:07:10 GMT

ahh or would this help... Moving a feature and snapping it to another feature—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop

Re: Change "base point" for polygon snapping

forestknutsen1 — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 18:38:48 GMT

Great! Thanks Dan and Adrian.

Re: Change "base point" for polygon snapping

JamalNUMAN — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 19:48:30 GMT

In Pro, the anchor point is indicated by yellow point. The same approach can be used to move the anchor point (ctrl + hover over then drag and drop)