topic Re: Polygon creation in New to GIS Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/polygon-creation/m-p/632818#M1654 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you, it is exactly the function I was looking for!</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Jun 2015 21:18:44 GMT DavideGalimberti 2015-06-15T21:18:44Z Polygon creation https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/polygon-creation/m-p/632815#M1651 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good evening to everyone,</SPAN></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would like to know if it is possible to define as a polygon, an area comprised between other polygons (without selecting each point manually). For example: is it possible to define as a polygon the area of a lake? The land surrounding the lake is made of many polygons, but the area of the lake is not totally surrounded by land (it is not exactly closed)</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Jun 2015 18:18:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/polygon-creation/m-p/632815#M1651 DavideGalimberti 2015-06-15T18:18:14Z Re: Polygon creation https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/polygon-creation/m-p/632816#M1652 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You could create one polygon that has all other polygons inside and then use the Erase tool to cut out the polygons.</P><P></P><P><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00080000000m000000" title="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00080000000m000000">ArcGIS Help 10.1</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Jun 2015 18:26:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/polygon-creation/m-p/632816#M1652 TimWitt2 2015-06-15T18:26:57Z Re: Polygon creation https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/polygon-creation/m-p/632817#M1653 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>When you start editing at the bottom of your create features dialog box should Construction Tools use auto complete polygons click inside the polygons that exist covering the area you want to get between them. When you finish there should be a polygon between the two existing polygons.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Jun 2015 18:34:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/polygon-creation/m-p/632817#M1653 WesMiller 2015-06-15T18:34:16Z Re: Polygon creation https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/polygon-creation/m-p/632818#M1654 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you, it is exactly the function I was looking for!</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Jun 2015 21:18:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/polygon-creation/m-p/632818#M1654 DavideGalimberti 2015-06-15T21:18:44Z Re: Polygon creation https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/polygon-creation/m-p/632819#M1655 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Jun 2015 21:19:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/new-to-gis-questions/polygon-creation/m-p/632819#M1655 DavideGalimberti 2015-06-15T21:19:12Z