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Geographic

	Coordinate System Opens the Geographic Coordinate System dialog, which is used to select a geographic coordinate system (GCS) from a library of predefined geographic coordinate systems.
	Bing Maps Used to select the background map type.

Feature Services

	New Lets you create a new connection to a Feature Service.
	Delete Lets you delete an existing connection to a Feature Service. Applicable only when a connection is available.
	Edit Modifies the parameters of an existing connection to a Feature Service. Applicable only when a connection is available.
	Query Features Lets you query the features selected in the connection that are in the extent of the active view. Applicable only when a connection is available.
	Clear Features Lets you delete all elements queried from Feature Services.

Raster Services

	New ArcGIS ™ Opens the "Esri ArcGIS ™ REST Map and Image Services" dialog. This dialog allows to create a new raster definition that will stream the imagery data from the ArcGIS service.
	Attach ArcGIS ™ Opens the "Attach Raster Reference" dialog. This dialog allows you to attach a predefined raster definition of an ArcGIS service.
	New WMS Opens the WMS Map Editor dialog. The Web Map Service (WMS) is a standard from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). This dialog allows you to create a new raster definition that will stream the imagery data from the WMS service.
	Attach WMS Opens the "Attach Raster Reference" dialog. This dialog allows to attach a predefined raster definition of a WMS service.
	New WMTS Opens the WMTS Map Editor Dialog dialog. The Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) is a standard from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). This dialog allows to create a new raster definition that will stream the imagery data from the WMTS service.
	Attach WMTS Opens the "Attach Raster Reference" dialog. The Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) is a standard from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). This dialog allows to create a new raster definition that will stream the imagery data from the WMTS service.

Selection

	Element Selection Used to select and deselect elements for modification or manipulation. The set of selected elements is called the selection set.
	Place Fence Used to place a fence.
	Modify Fence Used to move a fence or modify one of its vertices.
	Manipulate Fence Contents Used to move, copy, rotate, mirror, scale, or stretch fence contents, which are defined by a fence and (except for stretching) the Fence (Selection) Mode.
	Delete Fence Contents Used to delete the fence contents , which are defined by a fence and the Fence (Selection) Mode, which determines what constitutes the contentsof a fence
	Drop Fence Contents Used to break up the contents in a fence into their components.
	Save Fence to File Used to copy or move the contents of the active fence to a new DGN or DWG file.
	Named Boundaries Used to manage named boundaries and named boundary groups.