Latest Contributions by NigelBaker

hi,   i have a similar issue that isnt really addressed by the previous solutions. our geological maps and data commonly have points for localiteis where structural data has been collected in the field. often more than one reading is taken at each point. the points are rotated symbols visually showing the orientation of the structure in question (dip of a bedding plane or rock surface etc). these points are also labelled with a value corresponding to the angle of dip of this plane, as shown in the image below. so the issue with the previous workaround is that i cant label the point with the symbol as i need the label for the numeric value. so i require the entire object; symbol and label to be distributed around the point location with an accompanying callout/leader to show exactly where the reading was taken. this should be available as a dynamic option and also map scale dependent so that this can be shown on a layout. at the moment i am essentially losing data as i cannot use the 'distribute' tool as i am left with inaccurate point data that doesnt tell the reader/user where the measurment was taken. i would love to hear that this has progressed to development, especially when i can see from other comments that this is possible in QGIS. i might have to learn that software after all........ ... View more

You can just paste it from windows. This works for annotations anyway ... View more

i feel the pain. this 'support' process feels very much like yelling into the void. pointless. unfortunately. ... View more

I am running 3.0.3 and am working on a project that has been months in the making. i have not experienced this before. my workflow hasnt changed. the polygon feature class (in a .gdb) is not a new type, just recently regenerated after editing arcs. i applied the symbology from another layer... then this problem. i am trying to add a unique value (new code from the same attribute used to symbolise to date), and get this message. i cant sort the symbology pane, cant adjust the symbology of the new attribute. cant do anything really. i have restarted, remade the polygon in another database, emptied my cache....etc basically tried all the tips here. how can this errror/bug/whatever still be the same over the course of software updates from 1.0 to now....3.0.3!!?? come on ESRI! ... View more

i have the same issue. also a geologist and looking to find the intersection of a 3d plane (bedding plane with known dip/strike) with a 3d surface. why is there no tool for this? it seems like a common geologist problem to extrapolate the expected outcrop of a particular unit?  i can make a 3d polygon, or multipatch polygon from a known outcrop trace. i have a 3d raster dem, also TIN surface. i cannot find a tool within ArcPro that can interpolate the intersection betweeen the 2 features. ... View more

I also see this behavoir. Typically when I copy a file into a project folder such as a .lyrx file (these never update)... then browse to the folder, refresh... nothing. Ever. I have to restart Pro to get It to show the file. ... View more

i totally agree. i see this warning, can tell that performance is being degraded by slow redraw due to transformations.... BUT... cannot find out easliy which layer is the culprit! in a typical project i may have 20+ layers. to go through them all to find the error seems so unneccessary. the software knows that there is a mis-match, as it has just told me but why cant it tell me the specifics. surely this is a tiny bit of additional code to return the layer and its projection in the warning? perhaps a tab in 'contents' that shows this? i would also give this loads of kudos but unfortunately can only give one! ... View more

that is excellent news. i could never understand why the map data wasnt clipped to the frame.  thanks for this! ... View more

Hi Magda,   i have experienced the same thing. my maps also take 20-30 minutes to export to .aix and then about the same time to open in Illustrator! i am not really sure why this is but i think from looking at the Illustrtator file in detail that all the datá outside of the map frame is also exported as well.... at least it is all there just not shown. these type of things seem to result in uneccessary data bloating the file size and processing speed. i work with a top-end PC and my colleagues with top-end Mac and we both experience the same issues. if you ever find out how to speeed this up i would be super interested to hear. thanks nigel   ... View more

i also agree. this would be a huge help instead of having to open a new map and populate it the same as already done... apply symbology etc etc, just to, for example make a new layout. clone map is a great idea. ... View more

I support this request. i also asked the same question on stack exchange years ago. still havnt found out how to do it. ... View more

i am having the same issues with .mmpk maps i have uploaded to our online esri group. the map is large (2.5Gb), failed on download to the Field Map app on an android device 3 times.  i then clipped the area smaller so that the file size went down to 1.8Gb, worked first time. ... View more

can you please tell me if (and more importantly... when) ESRI plans to upgrade this extension? as we work in ArcPro and can no longer export a layout in .ai, we need this extension to work so we can turn the .aix into a usefull .ai file so our designers can work on our maps.   ... View more

sorry, i cant share the file at this stage. the file size is 186Mb. there are 8 map frames in the layout with one the main map itself, which contains many layers... of course. its a map. it is 120x80 cm in size because it is, well, a map. i cant imagine a proper map layout being as small as 20mb! if the software (add-on) cannot handle the amount of layers or size of file then what exactly is it supposed to do? ... View more