New part

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New part

dtToolNewPart New part

Allows you to add new part(s) to the geometry of a selected point, line or polygon feature in the edited layer. The New part tool remains active for adding new part to a selected feature until another tool is activated.

 

Possible use cases

In case of point and MAP - TopoLynx vector file format the new geometry will be a multipoint

In case of line or polyline feature the new geometry will be a multiline

In case of polygon feature the new geometry will be a multipolygon

k-tip-iconMultifeature vector geometries can be exploded into single features with the dtToolExplode Explode tool.

Tap / Left click: selects feature on the map at the tapped location then adds a vertex of the new part

Tap and hold / Right click: displays the Editing context menu to use the Create option to update the geometry

 

Selected feature

NewPartSelected

 

Adding new polygon part and context menu

NewPartEdit

k-tip-iconYou can add new parts inside and also outside of the selected polygon feature and also inside the created new part.

Island in a polygon part

NewPartInNewPart island

k-tip-iconNew part tool can be identify a feature for adding new part on the map when information query property and editing is turned on for a vector layer in the Layers panel.