Editing Parcels Using the Parcel Layout Tools

For the most advanced parcel editing, you can look to the Parcel Layout Tools toolbar. This toolbar includes some of the same tools the Edit Geometry panel of the Parcel ribbon tab includes, such as Insert PI and Delete PI. You will also find editing versions of the parcel sizing commands that you used earlier to create parcels. The Slide Line – Edit and Swing Line – Edit commands work much like their Create counterparts, but instead of creating new parcel lines, they slide or rotate existing parcel lines to meet new size requirements. In addition, you can create a parcel union that combines multiple parcels into a single identity. There is also a command that will dissolve this union, returning the component parcels to their individual status.

To use a few of the Parcel Layout Tools to edit parcels, follow these steps:

The Exercise File can be downloaded at the end of the article  

1. Open the drawing named Editing Parcels Using the Layout Tools.dwg located in the Chapter 12 class data folder.

2. Click the Property : 28 parcel label, and then click Parcel Layout Tools on the ribbon.
3. On the Parcel Layout Tools toolbar, type 0.5acres (or 0.20hectares) for the minimum area and press Enter.

4. Expand the parcel sizing tools and click Slide Line – Edit. Click OK to dismiss the Create Parcels – Layout dialog box.
5. When you’re prompted to select a lot line, click the southern boundary line of Property : 28.
6. When you’re prompted to select a parcel to adjust, click somewhere within the Property : 28 parcel.
7. When you’re prompted for the start point of the frontage, snap to the northwest corner of the Property : 28 parcel.
8. Move your cursor southward along the right-of-way line, and click somewhere near station 7+00 (0+210), as shown in Figure 12.18.

   Figure 12.18  Defining the frontage for the parcel editing command.

9. When you’re prompted to specify the angle, press Enter. A preview of the resized parcel is shown.
10. Press Enter to complete the command and resize the parcel.

11. Press Esc three times to clear the current command and clear the current selection. Click the Property : 27 label, and then click Parcel Layout Tools on the ribbon.
12. When you’re prompted to select a parcel, click the label that reads Property : 30.

13. On the Parcel Layout Tools toolbar, click Parcel Union

14. Expand the Parcel Union icon and select Dissolve Parcel Union.
15. Click the Property : 3 label. Two new parcels are created to replace the original parcels 3 and 27.

Editing Parcels

• Editing Parcels Using Grips
• Editing Parcels Using the Edit Geometry Commands
• Editing Parcels Using the Parcel Layout Tools

Download Exercise File :

• Editing Parcels - Metric     --- ( 1.86 MB )
• Editing Parcels - Imperial  --- ( 2.9 MB )