Building coverage topology

This topic applies to ArcGIS for Desktop Standard and ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced only.

You can build coverage topology from the coverage's Properties dialog box or using the Build tool; however, you need an Advanced license to use this geoprocessing tool.

Steps:

1. In ArcCatalog, right-click the coverage for which you want to build topology and click Properties.
2. Click the General tab.
3. Click Build.

   You can click the Feature class drop-down arrow and change the feature class or annotation class for which to build topology.

4. Click OK on the Build dialog box.
5. Click OK.