Latest Contributions by bobbasques

Karen, Thanks for the info. BTW, is there some sort of approved edit list for requested features posted someplace for different versions and their projected release date? Just looking for a timeline on what becomes available when, etc. Also, any info you can relay or point to about ESRI’s application of AutoLISP would be approeciated. I did do a deep dive recently into the current available autolisp functions and the XRecord data uses inside of AutoCAD by the Arc for CAD plugin. Most everything is straightforward, but I’m old school and like to build in AutoLisp (almost exclusively), autolisp seems to have a longer life than most other languages in AutoCAD. I have some 25 year old applications still being used regularly. Any plans you know of related to expanding on the Autolisp (programmers toolbox) side, if any? Thanks bobb ... View more

Karen, Is there a spot where these requests for features in newer releases are available to view?  It would help me in conversations here about moving forward (or not) with the use of the different tools/capabilities. Thanks bobb ... View more

Hi Karen, Not sure about how it might be best approached, but having a end user config setting for this might be one way to go.  I'm not immediately coming up with a need to have the separation of lines from polylines in our setup, but I'm sure this would be beneficial in large datasets.  One item I forgot about in my reply to Don, was that we also keep a history of edits for the polylines we're manageing in AutoCAD, so the delte, recreate option doesn't sound like a good way to go and still be confident about a accurate history being maintained. My next idea is to see if there might be a way on the ESRI side to fake a polyline for a two point line segment.  We've actually used this approach in the past to good effect.  We just add in a Midpoint on the line segment and call it an 3-point arc.  Then it's tagged as NOT a LINE. Would appreciate any insight you have. bobb ... View more

Hi Don, Long time AutoCAD user, newish ESRI user here.  I'm autually the CAD support person here at the City of Saint Paul, and I did look into the AutoLISP options you mentioned for solving this.  I'm well versed in AutoLISP, and the functions provided by the API look like they would be enough to solve the problem. It seemed like the long way around to solving though, but still doable. (BTW, I have a couple of other suggestions, like why can't the Attribute window be left open when the fouc is put back on AutoCAD. The reason I (we) need to have the linework as all polys, is that the editing tools for moving/adding in segments and arcs are much better defined in the Polyline editor in AutoCAD.  By chance, I used a Street Centerline dataset to test out the editing functions from AutoCAD to ESRI, and after my initial excitement about the possibilities, this little thing popped up and pretty much became a show stopper.  We manage the Street Centerlines as muli-part polylines (with Arcs). These stretch from instreet Intersection to street intersection.  Many are simple two point lines, but a good chunk of them are multi-part.  We will need to be able to add in the functionaility of the multi-part line type moving in the future as we'll be fine tuning the place of the linework, and at a much higher resoultion.  Things like adding in curve  end points, and moving thevertices around.  Polylines are the way to go for this type of editing in AutoCAD. Importing the features into AutoCAD as all LWPOLYLINES   Understood on the 3Dpolyline being a different beast as well. Was just hoping there might be a config option or preference available for importing LINEs as LWPOLYLINEs instead of LINEs.  I' was assuming this was a historical thing, and when arcs were added in as a supported item that you add in a new import element type.  BTW, I didn't check, but what happens when I use a simple arc for a feature, does it become a ARC (3-point) in AutoCAD, or a LWPOLYLINE Thanks bobb ... View more