Latest Contributions by CharlesFinley

Thanks Kory - the sceen shot helps.  - Charlie F ... View more

To use this feature, you first need to insert a second map frame into an active layout.  Then when you click the Extent indicator drop down it will give you the option of which map frame's extent you want to show in your active frame.   So it works, it just appears broken when you first click it because of the spinning pin wheel.  ... View more

Aha!  Paste Special... Cheers to Bill Gates! Thanks Dan ... View more

After the upgrade to ArcGIS Pro 1.2, the most promising improvement I found was that the program is now fairly stable.  That alone made it worth my time to start doing projects in Pro.  Don't get me wrong - it is an ESRI product, so crashes are inevitable!  My main annoyance is the lack of simple tasks that we take for granted in ArcMap, thus I usually have an ArcMap window open at the same time, with the same datasets added to it, for quick editing.  Edit in ArcMap, save, then remove the layer in Pro, undo that action, and the updated layer reappears in Pro. That said - as the above commenter mentioned - what is serious analysis?  My job is heavy on cartography, light on true spatial analysis.  I've found that the Project Pane, with the ability to copy and paste maps and layouts, as well as the Map Series function, makes it very convenient for creating map books/ sets.  Cartographic enhancements like multi-layer masking and anti-aliasing makes for pretty map products, and the 'Bright Map Notes' is one of my favorite features - allowing the addition of graphics as an actual feature class.  No more dummy draw tools and graphics that cause you to pull your hair out. Give it a shot! ... View more

Yes, the Copy Features tool covers this.  It does create a feature class, I store it in my project Geodatabase.  One handy thing about it is that it loads back into your map with the same symbology as what you copied from.  Not labeling though. ... View more

I have not yet worked with feature templates in Pro.  I will take a look at these.  Thanks for the replies! ... View more

If you make a lot of maps for your company, Pro has some great cartographic improvements upon arcmap: - Text anti-aliasing and more dynamic graphic inputs make for appealing map products. - Multiple layout functionality and the demise of those ridiculously slow dialog windows for everything from labeling and symbology to text and graphic input make for more streamlined production. - The side-by 3D views are super cool, but without the hardware and network support capabilities, they will crash your system, and make you question the meaning of your cubicle-bound existence. It's definitely got great capability, however I'm not yet seeing the intuitiveness, and speed, for which is being touted. ... View more

That seemed to work for me as well.  I changed the Coord. system to WGS 84, and the data showed up.  Our organization has continually had problems with Basemap performance, the best solution so far has been using the basemap coordinate system in your map.  Thanks for the replies! ... View more

Thanks for the reply, I can try using my own DEM.  It won't have all the fancy basemap imagery though.  ... View more

My elevation property is set to 'Features are On the Ground'.  It is not specific to one vector layer, but rather all of them.  It appears my basemap is not fully caching in that area, perhaps that is leading to the display problem.  I will add this to the Arc Pro Forum as well, as it doesn't seem a strictly 3D mapping issue. ... View more