I have a grid of polygons, and must add 40-50 new polygons to this grid. It appears the only good way to do this is copy, paste, move.... over and over again for each grid polygon I need to add. (We cannot create another grid from scratch, current grid must remain unchanged.)
BUT... when I move the polygon, I also need it to align perfectly with its neighbor (corner vertices should snap.) So to do this: I select a feature, move its origin point from the center of the polygon to a corner vertex, then move the polygon. (All with vertex snapping turned on.)
Moving this origin point over and over and over again is needlessly repetitious.
My Idea: Arcmap should remember the origin point of a feature if it has been moved. This origin point should also be reflected/retained when doing a copy/paste operation.
If this were possible, I could move the origin point ONCE from the center of a polygon.... then when I make a copy that polygon, the origin would already be set to a corner vertex.... just need to drag the copy into place and let it snap to the existing grid.
I would suggest a method to reset the origin point if needed for any reason. (Perhaps a right click while hovering over the indicated origin point.)
PS:
I have another idea for extending an existing grid of polygon features... which would simplify my above process even more. But I can imagine this particular enhancement of remembering the origin point being useful for anyone who needs to copy and move polygons regularly.
