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Adding control points manually

Adding control points manually gives you the ability to snap to source and destination features in a map. You can also right-click and type the destination coordinates from the context menu.

  1. On the Georeferencing toolbar, click the Add Control Points button Add Control Points.
  2. Snap to and click the source CAD feature to create the from-point. You can undo the point by pressing ESC on the keyboard.
  3. Snap to and click its destination to create the to-point. This creates a link.
    Adding control points
  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to create a second link.
    • For optimum results, create links that are far apart.
    • If you know the coordinates for the to-point, you can right-click and choose Input X and Y or Input DMS of Lon and Lat from the context menu.

Related Topics

  • Managing links and control points
  • About georeferencing CAD datasets
  • Loading control points from a world file
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