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After you've run geoprocessing tools to create cartographic features such as overpasses, underpasses, and masking features, or to identify conflicts between representations, the next step is to add the new data to the map and inspect it.

To do so, start ArcMap, open a map (in this example it is the Exercise_5.mxd), and add the feature classes that the geoprocessing tools created to the map (in this example, Over_FC, Under_FC, Bridge_FC, Tunnel_FC, and BuildingP_DGC).

For both Bridge_FC and Tunnel_FC, set the symbology to a shade of black and the line width to 1 point. For the other feature classes just added, you can change their symbology to anything you like.

Click HydroL_Rep and open the Layer Properties dialog box. Click the Symbology tab, click Layer options, then click Masking. Click the check box for Over_FC. Click OK to close the Advanced dialog box. Click OK to close the Layer Properties dialog box for HydroL_Rep. This will mask out the stream representations at the bridges.

Click RailroadL_Rep and open the Layer Properties dialog box. Click Layer options and click Masking. Click the check box for Under_FC. Click OK to close the Advanced dialog box. Click OK to close the Layer Properties dialog box for RailroadL_Rep. This will mask out the railroad representations at the underpasses.

Unckeck the Over_FC and Under_FC layers so they're not visible.

Notice that the dash pattern on the roads has been adjusted, the result of using the Set Representation Control Point By Angle tool. The point buildings are now aligned to the roads, the result of the Align Marker To Stroke or Fill tool. Bridge and tunnel symbology has been added where the road crosses the river and the railroad, and this masks out the river and railroad symbology— the result of the Create Overpass and underpass tools. Finally, the polygons from BuildingP_DGC indicate the areas where point buildings are graphically overlapping each other.


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