Creating a hole in a shape

Creating a hole in a shape

Overview

There are occasions where you want to draw out an area but there are sections within it that you don't want to include. In this example, it's a piece of land that has a duck pond within it. For grass cutting contracts we don't want to include the pond itself in the area calculation. So, we can cut a shape out of it, just like a cookie cutter

Method

  1. Select the feature on the map (it will pulse in blue)
  2. Click the Edit icon in the left-hand panel
  3. Click the Cookie Cutter icon
  4. Draw out the area you want removed from the feature
  5. If there are more to add, repeat from Step 3.
  6. Click Save

Removing a Hole

If you want to remove a hole from a feature, go back into Editing mode (steps 1 and 2 previously), hover over the area you want to remove and click the Bin icon. Then save.

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