topic Re: Parcel Fabric Inactive Geometry Issue in ArcGIS Parcel Fabric Questions

Parcel Fabric Inactive Geometry Issue

MichaelVolz — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:15:15 GMT

My organization is in the process of implementing the Parcel Fabric and we are seeing a very concerning issue when converting Inactive_Parcel_Lines to Inactive_Parcel (polygon) features. Below is the workflow:

COGO values are entered to create the Inactive_Parcel_Lines (under the Active Record)
Once completed, the Build Active tool is run (single-click tool w/ no exposed parameters) to create the corresponding Inactive_Parcel (polygon) features
The resulting polygon edges have been smoothed/simplified, with closely-spaced vertices having been removed, and creating curved edges from the straight COGO lines

Has anyone implementing the Parcel Fabric encountered this issue?

Re: Parcel Fabric Inactive Geometry Issue

AmirBar-Maor — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:55:02 GMT

@MichaelVolz

All geometries in a geodatabase are 'active geometries'.

Build Active will create polygons from a closed loop of lines and a parcel seed that are associated with the active record. The resulting polygon should match the input source data - meaning that you should not get any topology errors if you were to validate topology.

Did you already submit a case for tech support?

If not - please do. If yes - please provide the case number.

From your screenshot, it is hard to tell:

- The zoom level (a display artifact)

- If the input geometries are valid (GP Check Geometry can help with that)

- The nature of the error (those layers look like publication layers and not editing layers)

- The version of software you are using (Pro and Server)

Thanks,

Amir

Re: Parcel Fabric Inactive Geometry Issue

MichaelVolz — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:39:41 GMT

My org is using Server 11.3 and parcel editors are working with Pro 3.4.2.