
Info-Type descriptions, or edit the HTML code and preview it for the drawing elements on the Rich Text tab.

Reset the fly-to view of the drawing element to the center of the screen by clicking Reset to center. View-Set and save the fly-to view of the current drawing element by clicking Snapshot current view.Drawing elements with a relative or absolute altitude can be extruded from the ground. General-Change the name, geometry, and appearance of a drawing element.On the Edit panel, configure the drawing properties using the General, View, and Info tabs.Hover the pointer along the drawing element, while the pointer style switches to Add Vertex and click to add new vertex.Right-click or use keyboard shortcuts to redo, undo, or delete a selected vertex.Specify XYZ value for a selected vertex.Edit the position of a selected vertex with the XYZ axis for a drawing element with relative or absolute altitude.To edit the geometry of a drawing element, drag a selected point or vertex to move its position, or hover the pointer over an existing line to insert a new vertex.Use the Continue Sketch, Finish Sketch, Delete Vertex, Undo, or Redo options of the selected drawing element.Choose drawing template tools to create predefined shapes, for example, Right Angle Line, Circle, Rectangle, and Ellipse.To create and edit a drawing element as point, line, or polygon, complete the following steps:Ī toolbar appears at the top of the view while you draw.

Points, lines, and polygons are basic drawing elements and also common features used in KML. This can be done by individual layer or by folder. ArcGIS Earth also supports saving drawings as a KMZ file. You can double-click it to go to this feature or edit it by right-clicking the layer properties. The newly created drawing element is considered as a KML feature and is listed in My Drawings.

Once you've finished drawing an element, it appears in the table of contents. You can create placemarks, paths, polygons, ground overlays, screen overlays, and KML network links on the globe and save them in the My Drawings folder in the table of contents.
