Editing Points within a Polygon

The Polygon Edit tool is used to edit points around irregular areas such as buildings or vegetation.

Only those points drawn on the screen can be selected and edited. Points that do not qualify according to the display filter or current legend will NOT be drawn on the screen. If points are committed to a classification that currently is not included in the display filter or legend, the points will disappear in the refresh of the layer after the commit of the points are complete. If points are committed to a classification that is included in the filter and legend, the points will be colored with its respective color for the classification.

Note: The Polygon Edit tool can only be used when the active LIDAR Layer is drawn at 100% point resolution and the edit mode is turned on.

Learn more about toggling the edit mode

Example of the Polygon Edit Tool

Selecting Points Around a Building

Points Committed to "Building"

Learn more about modifying the destination classification

How to Edit Points Using a Polygon

1. Click the Classify Points Within A Polygon tool.

2. Click in the map at a location to place a vertex in the polygon. Each successive click will add a vertex to the polygon.

3. To commit the selected points, press the space bar for the currently selected destination classification, or a number key corresponding to the correct destination classification. If a number key is used, that number or classification is now the currently selected destination classification.

Note: If the points are selected but do not change to the destination class, you likely need to change the LAS file(s) to read/write. Follow the second tool requirement to open LAS files with read/write access.