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    Marker Symbol Editor

    Marker Symbol Editor

    The Marker Symbol Editor provides a place for creating a new marker symbol or editing an existing marker symbol. With the Marker Symbol Editor, you can edit a marker symbol conveniently, quickly, and accurately in an interactive fashion. Only vector marker symbols can be edited in the editor.

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    Using Marker Symbol Library Editor

    The table below categorizes the functions provided in the Marker Symbol Editor. Every category contains several functions in the Marker Symbol Editor. Please follow the links to get to know the function you are interested in.

    Function Introduction
    Opening the Marker Symbol Editor Opening the Marker Symbol Editor.
    UI for the Marker Symbol Editor Introduction to the interface structure of the Marker Symbol Editor;
    Basic browsing operations in the editing area.
    Environment Settings for the Marker Symbol Editor Setting the operating environment of the editing area, including: the background of the editing area, the snap settings for editing symbols, the full extent display of the editing area, and the ruler of the editing area.
    Setting Symbol Properties Setting or editing symbol properties.
    Managing Strokes for the Marker Symbol Managing the strokes of a marker symbol with operations including: deleting and adding strokes, setting stroke properties, and adjusting the order of strokes.
    Drawing Strokes for the Marker Symbol Drawing strokes of a marker symbol, i.e., the geometric objects that constitute a marker symbol. A geometric object here may be a point, line, or region object.
    Setting Styles for Marker Symbol Strokes Setting the styles of the strokes of a marker symbol, including setting line stroke styles, setting point stroke styles, and setting boarder styles and fill styles of region strokes.
    Editing Marker Symbol Strokes Editing marker symbol strokes, including deleting strokes, copying and pasting strokes, undoing and redoing editing, editing stroke nodes, arranging (aligning) strokes, rotating strokes, and transforming (mirroring and inverting) strokes.
    Geometric Operations on Strokes The geometric operations on marker symbol strokes include: clip operation, union operation, and split operation.
    Converting Strokes A marker symbol stroke converting function converts line strokes to area strokes or converts area strokes to line strokes.
    Saving the Symbol Saving the symbol editing result.