{"id":2966088,"date":"2026-05-19T05:02:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2966088"},"modified":"2026-06-26T11:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:01:33","slug":"editors-corner-true-curve-tools","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/web-editor\/data-management\/editors-corner-true-curve-tools","title":{"rendered":"Editor&#8217;s Corner \u2014 ABCs of True Curve Drawing Tools in ArcGIS Online"},"author":320122,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23851,22941],"tags":[781104,781106,781105,27971,781017],"industry":[],"product":[400032,760042,36551,774772],"class_list":["post-2966088","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-management","category-mapping","tag-arc-segment","tag-bezier","tag-curve","tag-editing","tag-true-curves","product-experience-builder","product-instant-apps","product-arcgis-online","product-web-editor"],"acf":{"short_description":"A beginner's guide to using new true curve drawing tools now available across ArcGIS Online. ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Welcome to the Editor\u2019s Corner, your go-to space for practical ArcGIS Online editing tips. In this edition, we\u2019ll break down the basics of <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/net\/geometry-and-spatial-reference\/geometry\/#true-curves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">true curve drawing tools<\/a>. Whether you\u2019re mapping winding roads, updating boundaries, or digitizing cul-de-sacs, these tools enable you to draw true curves on the web. We\u2019ll walk through the ABCs of each one so you can get started using them right away.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2971467,"id":2971467,"title":"Editors Corner True Curve Tooltips in Web Editor. Endpoint. small","filename":"Editors-Corner-True-Curve-Tooltips-in-Web-Editor.-Endpoint.-small.gif","filesize":2676076,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Editors-Corner-True-Curve-Tooltips-in-Web-Editor.-Endpoint.-small.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/web-editor\/data-management\/editors-corner-june-2026\/editors-corner-true-curve-tooltips-in-web-editor-endpoint-small","alt":"Tooltips in Web Editor quickly show how to use true curve drawing tools.","author":"320122","description":"","caption":"","name":"editors-corner-true-curve-tooltips-in-web-editor-endpoint-small","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2969918,"date":"2026-06-19 23:07:26","modified":"2026-06-24 20:48:11","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":740,"height":395,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Editors-Corner-True-Curve-Tooltips-in-Web-Editor.-Endpoint.-small-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Editors-Corner-True-Curve-Tooltips-in-Web-Editor.-Endpoint.-small.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":248,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Editors-Corner-True-Curve-Tooltips-in-Web-Editor.-Endpoint.-small.gif","medium_large-width":740,"medium_large-height":395,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Editors-Corner-True-Curve-Tooltips-in-Web-Editor.-Endpoint.-small.gif","large-width":740,"large-height":395,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Editors-Corner-True-Curve-Tooltips-in-Web-Editor.-Endpoint.-small.gif","1536x1536-width":740,"1536x1536-height":395,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Editors-Corner-True-Curve-Tooltips-in-Web-Editor.-Endpoint.-small.gif","2048x2048-width":740,"2048x2048-height":395,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Editors-Corner-True-Curve-Tooltips-in-Web-Editor.-Endpoint.-small.gif","card_image-width":740,"card_image-height":395,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Editors-Corner-True-Curve-Tooltips-in-Web-Editor.-Endpoint.-small.gif","wide_image-width":740,"wide_image-height":395}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>The backdrop<\/h3>\n<p>Previously, drawing and editing true curves was <em>mostly<\/em> done in ArcGIS Pro. In ArcGIS Online, you could safely view curved geometries, but editing them caused <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.esri.com\/en\/arcgis-pro\/latest\/tool-reference\/editing\/densify.html?tabs=dialog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>densification<\/strong><\/a>. That&#8217;s when curves get converted into several short, straight line segments. Now, you can <strong>draw <\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>edit curved features<\/strong> without densifying them&#8230;. well, <em>mostly<\/em>. At the time of writing,<em> features drawn with the B\u00e9zier curve segment tool will be densified.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>Meet the tools<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#L1\"><strong>Arc segment<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#L2\"><strong>Endpoint arc segment<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#L3\"><strong>B\u00e9zier curve segment<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#L4\"><strong>Tangent curve segment<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>You\u2019ll find these tools on the draw toolbar in apps like <strong>Map Viewer<\/strong>, <strong>Instant Apps,<\/strong> <strong>Experience Builder, <\/strong>and on the editing toolbar in <strong>Web Editor<\/strong> and the new <strong>Web editor template<\/strong> in Instant Apps (yep, that&#8217;s a thing. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/web-editor\/data-management\/edit-your-way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this article<\/a> to learn more).<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2972818,"id":2972818,"title":"New Tangent Tool across toolbars 300","filename":"New-Tangent-Tool-across-toolbars-300.png","filesize":52995,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-Tangent-Tool-across-toolbars-300.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/web-editor\/data-management\/editors-corner-true-curve-tools\/new-tangent-tool-across-toolbars-300","alt":"","author":"320122","description":"","caption":"","name":"new-tangent-tool-across-toolbars-300","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2966088,"date":"2026-06-24 20:43:10","modified":"2026-06-24 20:43:10","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":917,"height":300,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-Tangent-Tool-across-toolbars-300-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-Tangent-Tool-across-toolbars-300.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":152,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-Tangent-Tool-across-toolbars-300.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":251,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-Tangent-Tool-across-toolbars-300.png","large-width":917,"large-height":300,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-Tangent-Tool-across-toolbars-300.png","1536x1536-width":917,"1536x1536-height":300,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-Tangent-Tool-across-toolbars-300.png","2048x2048-width":917,"2048x2048-height":300,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-Tangent-Tool-across-toolbars-300-826x270.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":270,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-Tangent-Tool-across-toolbars-300.png","wide_image-width":917,"wide_image-height":300}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>The ABCs of true curve drawing tools<\/h2>\n<p>In this section, we&#8217;ll cover the basics of the <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.esri.com\/en\/arcgis-pro\/latest\/help\/editing\/segment-construction-tools.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">true curve drawing tools<\/a>. This is not meant to be the encyclopedia of true curves, but if you&#8217;re looking for that, see <a href=\"http:\/\/esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/sdk-net\/developers\/whats-changed-for-curves-in-arcgis-maps-sdks-for-native-apps-300-0?nocache=1778786013166&amp;auth=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this article<\/a> for the latest about editing true curves in the SDK.<\/p>\n<p>To get started using these tools, you can either create a new feature, or update an existing one. When you\u2019re ready to draw, choose one of the following tools:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Arc segment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Use this tool to draw an arc between two points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A\u00a0\u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Click to place the first point<\/li>\n<li><strong>B\u00a0\u2014<\/strong> Click to place the arc&#8217;s interior point<\/li>\n<li><strong>C\u00a0\u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Click to place the endpoint<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2973664,"id":2973664,"title":"ABCs Arc segment 450 05.15.2026","filename":"Arc-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","filesize":292324,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arc-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/web-editor\/data-management\/editors-corner-true-curve-tools\/arc-segment-450-05-15-2026","alt":"","author":"320122","description":"","caption":"","name":"arc-segment-450-05-15-2026","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2966088,"date":"2026-06-26 18:00:17","modified":"2026-06-26 18:00:27","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":390,"height":210,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arc-segment-450-05.15.2026-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arc-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","medium-width":390,"medium-height":210,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arc-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","medium_large-width":390,"medium_large-height":210,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arc-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","large-width":390,"large-height":210,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arc-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","1536x1536-width":390,"1536x1536-height":210,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arc-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","2048x2048-width":390,"2048x2048-height":210,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arc-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","card_image-width":390,"card_image-height":210,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arc-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","wide_image-width":390,"wide_image-height":210}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Pro Tip:<\/strong> You can switch drawing tools at any time while editing the same feature.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Endpoint arc segment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>With this tool, you set the start and end points first, then set the radius last:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Click to place the start point<\/li>\n<li><strong>B<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Click to place the endpoint<\/li>\n<li><strong>C<\/strong> \u2014 Move the cursor to set the radius of the arc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2973665,"id":2973665,"title":"ABCs Endpoint Arc 455 05.19.2026","filename":"Endpoint-Arc-455-05.19.2026.gif","filesize":190488,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Endpoint-Arc-455-05.19.2026.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/web-editor\/data-management\/editors-corner-true-curve-tools\/endpoint-arc-455-05-19-2026","alt":"","author":"320122","description":"","caption":"","name":"endpoint-arc-455-05-19-2026","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2966088,"date":"2026-06-26 18:00:45","modified":"2026-06-26 18:00:50","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":455,"height":245,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Endpoint-Arc-455-05.19.2026-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Endpoint-Arc-455-05.19.2026.gif","medium-width":455,"medium-height":245,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Endpoint-Arc-455-05.19.2026.gif","medium_large-width":455,"medium_large-height":245,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Endpoint-Arc-455-05.19.2026.gif","large-width":455,"large-height":245,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Endpoint-Arc-455-05.19.2026.gif","1536x1536-width":455,"1536x1536-height":245,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Endpoint-Arc-455-05.19.2026.gif","2048x2048-width":455,"2048x2048-height":245,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Endpoint-Arc-455-05.19.2026.gif","card_image-width":455,"card_image-height":245,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Endpoint-Arc-455-05.19.2026.gif","wide_image-width":455,"wide_image-height":245}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3><strong>B\u00e9zier curve segment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Use this tool to create smooth curves using anchor points and direction handles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Place the first anchor point<\/li>\n<li><strong>B<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Place the second anchor point<\/li>\n<li><strong>C<\/strong> \u2014 Drag the direction handle to adjust the shape<\/li>\n<li>Repeat for the next curve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2973666,"id":2973666,"title":"ABCs Bezier curve segment 450 05.15.2026","filename":"Bezier-curve-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","filesize":312424,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bezier-curve-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/web-editor\/data-management\/editors-corner-true-curve-tools\/bezier-curve-segment-450-05-15-2026","alt":"","author":"320122","description":"","caption":"","name":"bezier-curve-segment-450-05-15-2026","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2966088,"date":"2026-06-26 18:01:03","modified":"2026-06-26 18:01:08","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":384,"height":207,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bezier-curve-segment-450-05.15.2026-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bezier-curve-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","medium-width":384,"medium-height":207,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bezier-curve-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","medium_large-width":384,"medium_large-height":207,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bezier-curve-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","large-width":384,"large-height":207,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bezier-curve-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","1536x1536-width":384,"1536x1536-height":207,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bezier-curve-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","2048x2048-width":384,"2048x2048-height":207,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bezier-curve-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","card_image-width":384,"card_image-height":207,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bezier-curve-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","wide_image-width":384,"wide_image-height":207}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><em>Note: As of this article&#8217;s publication, B\u00e9zier curves are densified in ArcGIS Online.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tangent curve segment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Use this tool to create flowing curves tangent to a previous segment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong id=\"L4\">A<\/strong> \u2014 Draw a segment<\/li>\n<li><strong>B<\/strong> \u2014 Select the tangent curve segment tool<\/li>\n<li><strong>C<\/strong> \u2014 Drag the handle to adjust the direction, size, and radius of the curve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2973667,"id":2973667,"title":"ABCs Tangent curve segment 450 05.15.2026","filename":"Tangent-curve-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","filesize":128056,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tangent-curve-segment-450-05.15.2026.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/web-editor\/data-management\/editors-corner-true-curve-tools\/tangent-curve-segment-450-05-15-2026","alt":"","author":"320122","description":"","caption":"","name":"tangent-curve-segment-450-05-15-2026","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2966088,"date":"2026-06-26 18:01:22","modified":"2026-06-26 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moves<\/h3>\n<p>Speed up your workflow with these two keyboard shortcuts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Convert any line segment to a curve: <\/strong>While editing vertices, hold <strong>Shift<\/strong>, then click and drag to convert a straight segment into a curve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2968384,"id":2968384,"title":"Shift 450. 3 Loops. 05.29.26","filename":"Shift-450.-3-Loops.-05.29.26.gif","filesize":124325,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shift-450.-3-Loops.-05.29.26.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/web-editor\/data-management\/editors-corner-true-curve-tools\/shift-450-3-loops-05-29-26","alt":"","author":"320122","description":"","caption":"","name":"shift-450-3-loops-05-29-26","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2966088,"date":"2026-05-29 20:37:06","modified":"2026-05-29 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