To Buffer Features

Use buffers to analyze features by proximity.

To create a buffer

1. Click Analyze tabFeature panelFeature Buffer. Find
2. In the Create Buffer dialog box, if you have not already selected the feature or features to buffer, click Select Features to select the features interactively on your map.
3. To set the buffer distance, enter a value for Distance or click to enter a distance interactively on your map.
4. For Output To Layer, specify the Display Manager layer to contain the buffer.
5. Specify the name of the SDF file to store the buffered features.
6. Select a Merge Results option:
   • No Merging: Overlapping buffers are not merged. The number of resulting buffers is equal to the number of features being buffered.
   • Merge All Buffers: All overlapping buffers are merged into a single buffer and then combined into a single polygon.
   • Merge Overlapping Buffers: Only the overlapping buffers are merged.
7. Click OK.