topic Point order when drawing polygon in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/point-order-when-drawing-polygon/m-p/255440#M2717 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am digitizing some features using polygons. The order in which I draw the polygon is important (i.e. the last drawn point is the starting and ending point of the polygon). However, when I create polygons, Arcgis seems to be randomly assigning the starting and ending point. I have attached examples where the ending point has been preserved, and one where it has not (the circled point is the actual drawn ending point). I want to export these polygons into another program that I wrote, so the order the points are saved is very important! Is there a way to preserve the point order when drawing polygons, or if a polygon has already been drawn, to change it back to the correct order? The red square is considered to be the "starting/ending" point of the polygon in Arcgis.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:21:27 GMT EvanGowan 2012-07-09T04:21:27Z Point order when drawing polygon https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/point-order-when-drawing-polygon/m-p/255440#M2717 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am digitizing some features using polygons. The order in which I draw the polygon is important (i.e. the last drawn point is the starting and ending point of the polygon). However, when I create polygons, Arcgis seems to be randomly assigning the starting and ending point. I have attached examples where the ending point has been preserved, and one where it has not (the circled point is the actual drawn ending point). I want to export these polygons into another program that I wrote, so the order the points are saved is very important! Is there a way to preserve the point order when drawing polygons, or if a polygon has already been drawn, to change it back to the correct order? The red square is considered to be the "starting/ending" point of the polygon in Arcgis.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:21:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/point-order-when-drawing-polygon/m-p/255440#M2717 EvanGowan 2012-07-09T04:21:27Z