Latest Contributions by TyrusCohan

Greetings fellow GIS-ers! I am drag and dropping some CAD files of various extensions into a new map document and receiving the following: 'Could not open the specified file'.  I have received this message attempting to add every CAD file I tried, adding by 'drag and drop' or by the add data button.  Some background - to resolve an earlier issue, it was suggested by ESRI tech support that I rename the ESRI directory in Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ to ESRI_OLD and in the registry (using regedit).  Did this reset a CAD related setting as it did the rest of my settings or is something else afoot?  I was able to display all CAD files before this change was made. Thanks for your input! ... View more

I've a polygon that I would like to drape over a TIN that was created from contour lines drawn in and exported from Micro Station.  I have followed the steps in Desktop Help titled "Defining data as a draped layer in ArcScene" to no avail.  I have, as was suggested, convert my poly in to a raster and then draped the converted raster also to no avail.  The result in both cases was a data set that looked as if the TIN was breaking through the draped data set.  These "break through"areas shifted about the scene as I moved throughout the data.  I have attached a GIF for your reference.  Any ideas?  Thanks for the assistance! ... View more

I would like to have full access to my data in a project file TOC while having open the Layer Properties dialogue of any given feature dataset.  For example, I find myself with the need to zoom in/out, toggle between layout/data view, turn off/on a feature dataset or the like while modifying symbology, labels or query definitions, et cetera.  Quite simply, open Layer Properties, pick up Zoom In tool, zoom in to area of interest. Presently I am running 9.3.1; I am unaware of this feature in 10. ... View more