ArcGIS for Desktop

  • Documentation
  • Pricing
  • Support

  • My Profile
  • Help
  • Sign Out
ArcGIS for Desktop

ArcGIS Online

The mapping platform for your organization

ArcGIS for Desktop

A complete professional GIS

ArcGIS for Server

GIS in your enterprise

ArcGIS for Developers

Tools to build location-aware apps

ArcGIS Solutions

Free template maps and apps for your industry

ArcGIS Marketplace

Get apps and data for your organization

  • Documentation
  • Pricing
  • Support
Esri
  • Sign In
user
  • My Profile
  • Sign Out

Help

  • Home
  • Get Started
  • Map
  • Analyze
  • Manage Data
  • Tools
  • More...

Editing Bézier curves

Bézier curves are smooth linear transitions between two vertices. The shape of the curve is defined by the locations of the vertices and additional control points at the end of blue Bézier handles that radiate from each vertex.

The elements of Bézier curves
  1. Click the Edit tool Edit Tool on the Editor toolbar and double-click the feature you want to edit.
  2. Click and drag a Bézier handle control point to change the shape and height of the curve. As you rest over the control point, the pointer changes to the Bézier handle control point pointer Bézier handle control point pointer.
  3. If you rest your pointer on a Bézier handle control point from a vertex shared by two adjacent Bézier curves, holding down CTRL will only modify one of the curves when you move the handle.
  4. If you have a vertex and a Bézier handle control point under the Edit tool pointer when you click and drag, the vertex will be moved. Hold down CTRL if you want to move the Bézier control point instead.
  5. Right-click anywhere on the map and click Finish Sketch.

Related Topics

  • Changing a segment into a straight line, a circular arc, or a Bézier curve
  • Editing curved segments
  • Creating a curve through start, middle, and end points (Arc)
  • Creating a curve through endpoints (Endpoint Arc)
  • Creating a Bézier curve
Feedback on this topic?

ArcGIS for Desktop

  • Home
  • Documentation
  • Pricing
  • Support

ArcGIS Platform

  • ArcGIS Online
  • ArcGIS for Desktop
  • ArcGIS for Server
  • ArcGIS for Developers
  • ArcGIS Solutions
  • ArcGIS Marketplace

About Esri

  • About Us
  • Careers
  • Insiders Blog
  • User Conference
  • Developer Summit
Esri
© Copyright 2016 Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. | Privacy | Legal