Features tab is a contextual tab bound to the map. It only appears on the ribbon when the currently active window in the application is a map. The most commonly used geometries in map drawing include points, lines, polygons, and text. Various drawing methods are provided to meet different drawing requirements.

All geometry drawing operations are performed under editable layer states. While multiple layers can be set as editable simultaneously, when creating points, lines, polygons, or text, geometric feature drawing only applies to the currently selected layer. Therefore, to create new objects in a specific layer, you must first click the corresponding layer in the layer manager to set it as the current layer.

This section contains the following content:

About Creating Geometry

Introduces key concepts involved in feature drawing.

Auto-Connect Line Objects

Explains how to snap one line segment to another and automatically connect these two line objects into a single line based on drawing order.

Auto-Close Line Objects

Describes how to achieve automatic closure of objects when drawing line features.

Auto-Split Line Objects

Explains how to automatically split line objects during line feature drawing.

Auto-Cut Polygon Objects

Describes how to automatically cut drawn polygon features when intersecting with other polygon objects.

Drawing Points

Explains how to draw a point.

Drawing Straight Lines

Describes methods for drawing straight lines using start/end points or by specifying length and angle.

Drawing Polylines

Covers polyline drawing methods and parallel line creation.

Drawing Polygons

Explains how to draw arbitrary polygons, regular polygons, and orthogonal polygons.

Drawing Quadrilaterals

Describes methods for drawing common quadrilaterals including rectangles, rounded rectangles, parallelograms, and rhombuses.

Drawing Curves

Introduces methods for drawing curve objects such as Bézier curves, B-splines, Cardinal curves, and freehand curves.

Drawing Arcs

Explains how to create circular arcs, three-point arcs, and elliptical arcs.

Drawing Circles

Describes multiple methods for drawing circles.

Drawing Ellipses

Presents various approaches to draw ellipses.

Drawing Sectors

Explains how to create circular sectors and elliptical sectors.

Drawing Text

Describes methods for creating standard text and along-line text annotations.

Drawing Orthogonal Polygons

Provides instructions for drawing orthogonal polygons and creating new orthogonal polygons.