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Use the snapping environment and the selection anchor to move features to a specific location

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Now that the buildings are oriented properly, you are ready to move them to the subdivision located near the bottom center of the map. You can ensure the proper relocation of the building features by snapping the lower left selected building feature to the endpoint of the lower left water service line.

In the Snapping Environment check the End option for the Water layer and the Vertex option for the Buildings layer so when you move the buildings you can snap the corner of a building feature to the endpoint of a waterline.

You'll move the selection anchor to the corner of the building fetaure that you want to snap to the water line. The selection anchor is a small x located at the center of selected features. It is the point on the feature or group of features that will be snapped when you move them.

Hold down the Ctrl key and move the Edit Tool pointer over the selection anchor. When the pointer icon changes, click and drag the selection anchor until it snaps to the corner of the lower left building.

Once the selection anchor is at the building corner you can drag the group of selected buildings until the selection anchor snap to the endpoint of the waterline.


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