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How to prevent labels from overlapping features in Maplex?
The Maplex Label Engine first attempts to place labels in an area of free space. If there is no free space available and a feature must be overlapped, a location with the lowest total feature weight is chosen.
What can the Maplex label Engine do for You?
The Maplex Label Engine has a number of label conflict resolution strategies to solve label problems in congested areas. Feature weights let you indicate which feature classes may be covered by labels. Background labels may be overlapped by other labels.
How to set the label offset from the boundary?
In using the Maplex Label Engine to set the label offset, you can control the distance the label is placed from the boundary of the feature.
How to place a label outside a polygon?
To place a label outside a polygon feature, either check the May place label outside polygon boundary check box or specify an offset placement position, and the label will be offset from the polygon boundary outside the feature.
How to label features with labels in ArcGIS?
In the Labeling pane, click Position and click the Conflict resolution tab . Expand Feature weight. Specify a weight for the features, using separate weights for the interior and boundary of the polygons. Weights can range from 0 to 1,000. Features with high weights are less likely to have labels placed over them.
How to prevent features from overlapping in ArcGIS?
If there is no free space available and a feature must be overlapped, a location with the lowest total feature weight is chosen. You can set a feature weight for point and line feature classes. Polygon feature classes have two weights, interior weight and boundary weight, which are set separately.
How does the feature weight work in ArcGIS?
If it is not possible to place labels where they will not cross a road feature, they will be moved to a position where they will only cross one road instead of several. The feature weight ranks the importance of features labeled by a given label class, compared to other features, on a scale of 0–1,000.