Adding New Features

Before you start adding new features, you will probably want to turn on some feature snapping. To do this, go to Editor > Snapping. Turn on any snapping you want to use. For point feature classes, use the "Vertex" snapping. For line feature classes you can use all three snapping types. Edge snapping is the equivalent of "nearest" snapping in AutoCAD.

Snapping

All of the editing tools and features are described in the ArcGIS desktop help. Use the ArcGIS desktop help as your reference for editing.

To get started adding new features, complete the steps below:

Make the Sketch Tool your active tool by left clicking on the button.
Select "Create New Feature" from the edit task drop down list.
Select the feature class to which you want to add the new feature from the Target drop down list.
The following editor toolbar resembles what you would see if you were getting ready to add a new Park Structure.
Draw the feature you want to add. For lines, when you finish drawing your sketch, click F2 to finish the sketch. For polygons, to close the polygon and finish the sketch, click F2.
You will see a new feature in your map (if you cannot see the feature you just added, make sure your feature class is visible). If your feature is still selected, click on the Attribute Editor and assign any required or desired attributes.
If your asset is not selected (because you unselected it), you will need to select the feature before you can use the attribute editor. To select a feature, choose the Edit Feature tool on the editor toolbar and use this tool to select the feature you just added. Once the feature is selected, open the attribute editor and assign your attributes.
If you have multiple assets to add, you can create multiple features with the Sketch Tool . Then, select all of the features you added using the Edit Feature Tool and assign the attributes in table format. To open the table, right click on the feature class you are editing (in the table of contents) and select "Open Attribute Table".
Click on the Selected Records button at the bottom of the table so you only see your selected records.
Type the required and desired attributes into the table. Some field types may be copied and pasted if the are the same for multiple features. Fields with domains assigned to them typically cannot be copied and pasted.
Additional editing tools and settings are available in the Lucity Edit Tools toolbar. This may be loaded by going to View > Toolbars.
When you have finished making you edits, go to Editor > Stop Editing. If you select to save your edits, you will be prompted that Lucity is going to be updated with your edits.
It will pause for a few moments to figure out what needs to be updated. You will see a progress bar in the lower right-hand corner of ArcMap. Do not close ArcMap while this is processing or the changes will not be made to the desktop and the extension will have to start over and try to synchronize again the next time edits are saved.
The progress bar runs twice to 100%. The first time, it is reordering features so that they are updated into the desktop in the correct order and retrieves necessary information needed for the synchronization. Depending upon how many features you are updating you may see a brief pause or a substantial pause at 100% during the first progress bar. This pause will depend upon your computer memory and how many features you updated.
After the second progress bar completes, it will automatically close. This means that the desktop updates are finished.

Notes: When you delete a feature from the map, it does not delete the feature from the desktop; it changes its status to "Not in Map". To tell whether or not something is in the map, open the Inventory module for that feature and find the feature you are interested in. If the "Show in Map" button is enabled, the feature is in the geodatabase. If the "Show in Map" button is disabled, the feature is not in the geodatabase. There is a special delete tool that will allow you to delete features both in the map and in the desktop.