Hole Cutter

In this section we will cover how to create a hole in a polygon.

  • Open the New Tasmania map and zoom to lake shown below.

    Note

    Additional editing tools supplied by the community are available.

    ../../_images/HoleCutter_01.png
  • Open the Editing drawer of the Palette to show all the edit geometry tools. Select the Hole Cutter tool from the tool palette.

    Note

    You can use the keyboard short-cut ‘e’ to cycle between the edit tools.

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  • Use the hole cutter to draw a polygon within the lake.

    ../../_images/HoleCutter_03.png
  • Press Enter, or click on the first vertex, to create the island.

    Note

    You can press Esc to cancel your edit.

  • Press the Commit button in the toolbar.