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In the first exercises, you used feature templates that had their properties already set for you. Now, you are going to set the properties of a feature template for a polygon layer representing private landownership. Before you create features, you should review a template's properties to ensure they are set appropriately.
- In the ‘Create Features’ windowpane, click the Manage templates button to the right of the search bar.
- Select the Tracts feature class under Map 01Exercise1, and then select the Tracts feature template in the bottom half of the Manage Templates pane and click Properties.
This opens the ‘Template Properties: Tracts’ window. - In the ‘Description:’ box, type “Private lands in Zion”. The description appears when you rest your pointer over a template in the ‘Create Features’ window.
- Click in the ‘Tags:’ box immediately after “Polygon”, type “; Zion; landownership”.You can also use tags to identify and help search for templates in the future. A tag representing the layer type—Polygon—is added automatically
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- Click in the ‘Tags:’ box immediately after “Polygon”, type “; Zion; landownership”.
Ensure that there is a semicolon and a space between each tag.
- Under the Tools tab, ensure that ‘Polygon Tool (Default Tool)’ is selected and turned on. If it is not, check the circle next to it.
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