Creating holes in the feature template

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If you are creating polygons for purposes such as land use or soils, you may need to ensure that there is a continuous coverage of polygons across your entire area. If an area inside a polygon contains a different type of feature, you may want to cut out a section of the polygon.

The Production Create Hole tool creates holes in the selected polygon template. You can then create new polygons of a different feature class or subtype to fill the hole area. For example, you can cut out a section of a Scrub Brush area that will later be filled with a Bamboo Cane area.

A hole created in a polygon

The Production Create Hole tool uses the current feature template to determine the features that will be cut. Therefore, you must select a feature template from the same layer as the polygon feature you want to create a hole in. You can select a feature template from the Create tab on the Manage Features window to use the tool.

1. 启动 ArcMap。
2. 如有必要，可在地图中加载数据。
3. 在主菜单上，单击自定义 > 工具条 > 生产编辑。
4. 单击生产编辑工具条上的启动生产编辑按钮 。

   注：

   使用启动生产编辑工具开始编辑会话时，系统将自动显示管理要素和创建属性、更新属性或元数据属性窗口。

   提示：

   如果开始编辑会话时未显示创建属性、更新属性或元数据属性窗口，请单击管理要素窗口上的显示/隐藏属性按钮 。

5. Choose a polygon feature template on the Create tab on the Manage Features window.
6. Click the Production Create Hole button on the Production Editing toolbar.
7. Click and drag to draw a polygon that intersects an existing polygon feature.
8. Double-click the end node to finish the polygon.

The new polygon cuts a hole in any feature from the feature template that intersects your edit sketch.

提示：

The polygon you want to create a hole in must belong to the same layer as the currently selected feature template. For example, to create a hole in the GrassA layer, you must use one of the feature templates from that specific layer, not another layer that contains vegetation features.