How to draw different shapes with Area & Linear Classifications

Tutorial Video

When manually drawing polygons with a classification, you have 4 shapes you can draw with.

How to draw with these shapes:

  1. Double click on a classification.
  2. These tools accessible via a menu at the bottom of the screen
    1. Polygon - activated via menu or keyboard shortcut ‘p’
      1. Allows custom shape creation with multiple points

      2. Best for complex, irregular shapes

    2. Arc - activated via menu or keyboard shortcut ‘a’
      1. Requires 3 points: start point, end point, center point

      2. Can create multiple connected arcs in sequence

      3. Read more about the Arc tool in this article
    3. Rectangle - activated via menu or keyboard shortcut ‘r’
      1. Creates perfect rectangular shapes
      2. Click and drag to define the dimensions
    4. Circle - activated via menu or keyboard shortcut ‘c’
      1. Creates perfect circular shapes
      2. Click and drag to adjust size