Basic Editing Operations

The Map Editing group in the Features tab provides geometry editing operations on the map. The application supports the following feature editing operations, which are only available when the current vector layer is editable.

  • Paste: Copies clipboard content to editable vector layers of the same type.

    When the current layer is editable, click the Paste button (or use Ctrl+V) to paste geometries from clipboard to the current layer. The attribute records of pasted objects will be appended to the end of the target dataset's attribute table.

    Note:

    The clipboard must contain pasteable content.

     

    Copied objects can only be pasted into datasets that support them. Supported datasets for different geometry types are as follows:

    • Point objects can be pasted into point/CAD datasets or layouts
    • Line objects can be pasted into point/line/region/CAD datasets or layouts. When pasted into point datasets, line nodes convert to point objects. When pasted into region datasets: non-straight lines convert to regions (closed lines form boundaries; open lines connect endpoints)
    • Region objects can be pasted into line/region/CAD datasets or layouts. When pasted into line datasets, region boundaries convert to line objects
    Copied Object
    Target Dataset Type
    Point Dataset
    Line Dataset
    Region Dataset
    Text Dataset
    CAD Dataset
    Layout
    Point
    Supported
    Unsupported
    Unsupported
    Unsupported
    Supported
    Supported
    Line
    Supported
    Supported
    Supported
    Unsupported
    Supported
    Supported
    Region
    Unsupported
    Supported
    Supported
    Unsupported
    Supported
    Supported
    Text
    Unsupported
    Unsupported
    Unsupported
    Supported
    Supported
    Supported
  • Cut: Removes selected geometries to clipboard

    When the current layer is editable, select geometries (using Shift for multiple selection) and click Cut (or use Ctrl+X) to move geometries from original dataset to clipboard.

  • Copy: Duplicates selected geometries to clipboard

    When the current layer is editable, select geometries (using Shift for multiple selection) and click Copy (or use Ctrl+C) to copy geometries to clipboard.

  • Multi-layer Editing: Controls editable status of multiple layers. For details, see Enable Layer Editing.
  • Undo: Reverts last operation

    When the current layer is editable, click Undo (or use Ctrl+Z) to cancel last operation.

    Available only after performing editing operations.

  • Redo Restores last undone operation

    When the current layer is editable, click Redo (or use Ctrl+Y) to restore pre-undo status.

    Available only after performing undo operations.

  • Delete: Removes selected object(s)

    When the current layer is editable, select object(s) and click Delete to remove them.

  • Style Brush: Applies object styles to others. See Style Brush.
  • Attribute Brush: Copies editable field values between objects. See Attribute Brush.