GeoPlanner has tools that allow you to sketch, paint, import, modify, and delete design features. Using these tools, you can create plans and designs in multiple scenarios. These tools are also collaborative, so you can work with multiple stakeholders and gather input from different sources.
The Design tab has three associated toolbars that contain editing, drawing, and painting tools. You can also undo and redo changes and activate or deactivate snapping when this tab is active.
- Select—Contains tools to select features on the map. You can open this toolbar by clicking the Select Feature button
when the Design tab is active. - Draw—Contains tools to draw design features on the map. You can open this toolbar by clicking the Drawing Tools button
when the Design tab is active. This also opens the Symbol Palette pane. - Paint—Contains tools to update existing features to a feature type specified in your symbol palette by clicking them or sketching a rectangle or polygon on the map. You can open this toolbar by clicking the Paint button
when the Design tab is active.
Select toolbar
The Select toolbar allows you to perform common editing tasks on features on your map.
It supports the following operations:
- Cut
- Copy
- Paste
- Delete
- Attributes
- Calculate
- Select
- Multi-select
Calculate
The Calculate tool in the Select toolbar allows you to calculate or modify the value of fields in your design layers.
- Click the Calculate button
.The Calculate dialog box appears.
- Click the Feature Layer drop-down arrow and choose a design layer.
- Click the Select Field drop-down arrow and choose a field for which you want to calculate values.
- Optionally, check the Apply to all features in this layer check box to calculate the chosen field across all scenarios in your project.
- Assign a calculation value using one of the following methods:
Use a numerical value
Click the Value tab and type a numerical value in the text box.
Use an expression
Click the Expression tab and build a calculation expression with the expression builder.
Note:
Click Validate to ensure the expression is valid.
- Click Calculate.
The Calculate dialog box closes and the value is calculated and assigned to the chosen field in your input design layer.
Multi-select
The Multi-select tool allows you to update a selected attribute for multiple features at once. You can also cut, copy, paste, and delete features using the Multi-select tool.
Note:
This tool only works with design layers.
- Click the Multi-select button
.The Multi-select tool appears.
- Click the Layer drop-down arrow and choose a design layer.
- From the Selection Tool section, choose a selection method.
- New set—Create a selection set.
- Add—Add selections to a set.
- Remove—Remove selections from a set.
- Single Select—Select a single feature from the design layer.
- Rectangle—Draw a rectangle around features that you want to select as a set.
- Freehand Polygon—Draw a freehand polygon around features that you want to select as a set.
- Polygon—Draw a rigid polygon around features that you want to select as a set.
- Pan—Do not select features, but pan the map to locate features that you do want to select.
- Select features from your design layer.
The number of selected features appears in the Multi-select tool.
- Click the drop-down arrow next to the number of selected features for more information about your selection, including the type of features.
- Optionally, remove a feature from the selection set by clicking the Remove from selection button
. - If your design layer is a polygon feature type, click Merge to combine two or more design features into a single feature.
- Optionally, click Calculate to calculate values in your selection.
Draw toolbar
The Draw toolbar in GeoPlanner has several drawing tools to help you sketch and design. This toolbar appears when you click the Drawing Tools button from the Design tab.
You can sketch and design using the following tools:
- Draw point—Draw a point at a click on the map.
- Draw freehand polyline—Draw a freehand polyline following mouse pointer movement on the map.
- Draw polyline—Draw a polyline following clicks on the map.
- Draw freehand polygon—Draw a freehand polygon following mouse pointer movement on the map.
- Draw auto-complete freehand polygon—Draw a polygon that appends to the boundary of an existing polygon by following mouse pointer movement on the map.
- Draw polygon—Draw a polygon following clicks on the map.
- Draw autocomplete polygon—Draw a polygon that appends to the boundary of an existing polygon by following clicks on the map.
- Draw shape—Draw a circle, ellipse, or rectangle.
- Split—Divide a polygon or polyline by sketching a line through it.
Paint tools
Paint tools allow you to quickly propose an alternative to an existing scenario feature by clicking it or lassoing it. Use the paint tools when you have existing scenario features and want to rapidly envision changes to a plan or existing conditions.
The following paint tools are available:
- Paint by click or rectangle—Paint a single feature by clicking it, or paint multiple features by dragging a rectangle around them.
- Paint by lasso—Paint multiple features by sketching (or lassoing) a polygon around them.