Reshape

This tool can be used to change a shape of a polygon. In many situations it’s easier to use Reshape than Edit Nodes or even Slice. It is also useful to use this tool alongside Merge when another polygon needs to be added to the original feature.

How to use the Reshape tool

In the use cases you can find information how to use Reshape tool to:

• Slice geometry
• Move a part of geometry
• Delete a part of geometry
• Add a new part to an existing geometry
• Cut out holes

To explain how to use this tool we will be using prepared record:

In this example we will use Reshape tool to change the shape of the rectangle. Firstly, we need to select the rectangle. To do that we’ll use the Mark & Move tool.

Please pick the Mark & Move tool and click on the desired record.

Inspection mark will appear in that spot and all information about the record will be displayed in the Inspector panel. Now we are ready to start the editing process. Please click the Edit record button.

 

Clicking the Edit record button will change the selected record colour. It means that the record is currently in the Edit mode.

You can also select a record that you want to edit by using the Inspect tool. On the Inspected record list you can choose from which layer you want to edit a record in selected location. Then you can click Edit button to enter the Edit mode.

Records which are in Edit mode can be modified by all tools from the Modify Selected Geometries group. Because we want to change the polygon shape we will pick the Reshape tool.