idea Copy and paste courses in a Construction or Traverse grid in ArcGIS Parcel Fabric Ideas

Copy and paste courses in a Construction or Traverse grid

JackHorton — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:18:41 GMT

I would like to be able copy/paste or export/import courses in a Traverse or Construction grid. This would be a simple text format that can be imported, exported, copied, pasted, and edited using a standard text editor.

Here are some use cases:

I need to redo a workflow, and I do not want to re-enter all the COGO calls.
I have saved a traverse using the COGO toolbar, and I want to put it into the parcel fabric.
I want to export a traverse from a parcel fabric and work with it using the COGO toolbar.
I have two overlapping parcels that are nearly identical, and I do not want to type the courses more than once.
I want to teach someone how to do something, and I want to save data entry time in the learning process.
Someone has given me a text file of COGO courses, and I would like to reformat it and paste it in.

This would be complimentary functionality to the XML format currently supported. Think of it as a typing aid for data entry.

The contents of the copied/pasted or imported/exported data would be simple ascii comma-delimited text. Here is a proposed format:

Bearing, Distance, Radius, Curve_parameter

If the curve parameter does not have an override, the parameter specified the plan settings would be used.

Here is an example of input data to be pasted or imported into the grid. This is the same format used for manual data entry into the grid:

20-46-18-3,60
N48-17-08wCB,,223,110.42
*,,223,110.42C
N20-56-54W,,223,100.35
*,75.2

And here is an example of the same data copied or exported from the grid:

S20-46-18W, 60
N48-17-08Wcb, , 223.00, 110.42c
N20-56-54Wcb, , 223.00, 100.35c
N7-56-44W, 75.2

Data copied or exported would be cleanly and explicitly formatted, including overrides, calculated tangent bearings, etc.

The format of COGO calls in a traverse file could also be supported as an alternative format for both import and export. Here is an example of this format:

DT QB
DU DMS
SP 454868.9 298986.09
EP 454868.9 298986.09
DD N90-0-0E 105
AD 45-0-0 100
TC C 45 D 100-0-0 L
NC C 45 D 100-0-0 C N45-0-0E R

We would need to figure our how to accomodate the start point (SP) and End Point (EP). They could either snap to existing points or be created as new COGO points if there is no point to snap to. Alternatively, they could be ignored, and the tool could just insert the COGO calls into the Traverse Grid or Construction Grid.

The user interface could consist as context menu (right-click) choices in the Traverse and Construction grid:

Two context menu choices called “Copy Connected Courses” and “Export Connected Courses” would only be active when one or more sequentially connected courses are selected in the grid.

Two other context menu choices called “Paste Courses” and “Import Courses” would do essentially the same thing as “Insert Row”, except that one or more COGO calls would be inserted as new rows.

Disclaimer: I work for Esri, but I am not on the development team, so please consider this comment to be just another suggestion, and not any kind of official word from Esri. I would welcome discussion on this idea.

Re: Copy and paste courses in a Construction or Traverse grid

JackHorton — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:48:17 GMT

See related idea:
http://ideas.arcgis.com/ideaView?id=087E00000004s4EIAQ

Re: Copy and paste courses in a Construction or Traverse grid

TiffanyPuett1 — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:08:40 GMT

Related idea w/out login required: https://community.esri.com/ideas/8160

Thanks Horton! I like your idea too and it would accomplish the same thing I need as well.

Re: Copy and paste courses in a Construction or Traverse grid

TiffanyPuett1 — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:47:07 GMT

Your request suggest "or" as if either one will work but not necessarily both are needed, so I am unclear if you are saying you need both. If you are saying both, then, yes, I believe both requests would accomplish the same things. I beleive the data should be interchangeable such that both the construction grid and the traverse tool could read the data.

Re: Copy and paste courses in a Construction or Traverse grid

AmirBar-Maor — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 10:06:30 GMT

Jack Horton‌ - is this idea still valid in ArcGIS Pro?

Re: Copy and paste courses in a Construction or Traverse grid

JackHorton — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 23:30:30 GMT

Amir,

Sorry for the late reply.

It seems unnecessary to copy/paste courses in the Pro fabric to me.

Be well,

Jack

Re: Copy and paste courses in a Construction or Traverse grid - Status changed to: In Product Plan

AmirBar-Maor — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:55:34 GMT

Re: Copy and paste courses in a Construction or Traverse grid - Status changed to: Already Offered

AmirBar-Maor — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:26:05 GMT

The ability to Copy and paste a traverse course is already implemented by:

1. Every 'course' in the traverse is a feature. This means you can use the standard Copy and Paste of features to copy-paste one or more features that were created using the a traverse.

2. You can modify an existing traverse, regardless if you yourself created a day ago or someone else a few year ago, by simply tracing it.

This is documented here: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/2.7/help/editing/create-a-traverse.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_08880D70C629456C8085E727047700B1

This capability eliminates the need to save ArcMap Traverse text files (which are also supported).