To draw a rectangle:
- Make the layer that you want to work with editable. On the HOME tab, in the Windows group, click Tool Windows, and click Layers from the list, to open the Layers window.
You can also see map layers in the Explorer window.
Click the Editable
icon beside the layer name to turn On editing.Click the Selectable
icon beside the layer name to turn On selection. - On the SPATIAL tab, in the Create group, click Insert, and Rectangle.
- Move the Rectangle cursor to where you want to begin creating the rectangle.
- Press and hold down the mouse button and drag the pointer to the opposite corner of the rectangle. The shape appears on the screen and changes size and proportion as you move the pointer.
- Release the mouse button to finish creating the shape.
Rectangles are closed figures filled with the default fill pattern and/or color style. Set the style on the SPATIAL tab, in the Create group, by clicking Style, and Line Style or Region Style from the list.
Note: The sides of a rectangle are always true horizontal and vertical, even when you change the map's projection. If you want the sides of a rectangle to adjust when you change the map's projection, create four-sided region objects instead of rectangle objects.