idea Improve Feature Templates handling in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Improve Feature Templates handling

JurajKrumpolec — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:28:58 GMT

Enhance manipulation possibilities with Feature Templates:

Move or copy Feature Templates freely between layers in an edit session or import their settings form outside. Provide transition mechanism if database structure or geometry doesn’t match (like symbology).
Merge template settings of two or more Feature Templates (user controlled).
Save template settings to separate file or append them to Layer File.
Feature Templates management accessible outside an edit session for working purposes.
Create or rename Feature Template quickly in Crete Features window (no wizard).
Set dynamically generated attributes in Template Properties like current date etc.

Re: Improve Feature Templates handling

NatalieCassar-Pieper — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:20:38 GMT

allow building groups of Feature Templates (als Group Layers in TOC)
allow the user to change the order of Feature Templates manually (as in TOC)
Allow using skript code for genereting attributes in feature templates (as in calculate fields)
create a default Feature Template wich creates a new Feature with no value (NULL or 0 / "") when in the layer's unique value renderer "all other values" are displayed with a default symbol. Sometimes you just want to digitize a feature without attributes yet.

Re: Improve Feature Templates handling

RyanClark6 — Tue, 10 May 2011 21:12:09 GMT

Apply attributes from a FeatureTemplate to a selected set of existing features.

Re: Improve Feature Templates handling

AndreasStoffel — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:18:36 GMT

Change default order of Feature Templates to be equal as in Layer Symbology (TOC)

Re: Improve Feature Templates handling

JurajKrumpolec — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:28:29 GMT

Provide better linkage between Feature Templates and Symbology:

Auto-update feature templates according to layer symbology (option) – possibility to toggle auto updating of feature templates when layer symbology definition has changed
Auto-identify unrelated feature templates (option) – identify and highlight feature templates with no relation to symbology defined in TOC
Auto-delete unnecessary feature templates (option) – automatically delete unnecessary templates, unused templates or templates that don’t correspond to symbology in TOC

Re: Improve Feature Templates handling

TomSchuller — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:55:10 GMT

Allow using skript code for genereting attributes in feature templates (as in calculate fields) based on the SHAPE
- Points: x,y,z information:
- Lines: lengths
- Polygons: area, perimeter

Re: Improve Feature Templates handling

BartPouteau — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:26:21 GMT

When automatically creating feature templates, invlude the <All Other Values> catergory.

Re: Improve Feature Templates handling

Bart-JanSchoenmakers — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:55:40 GMT

It would be very useful to be able to control the geometry of a new feature and not only the atributes. That is add new feature of a predefined geometry (size, etc ...). This is needed when adding standarized geometries.

Re: Improve Feature Templates handling

NigelBaker — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:47:26 GMT

i agree with almost all of the above.

most importantly, being able to share .lyrx files that include the templates would be so usefull. then individual users can change aspects such as their unique personal id etc.

also please, automatic date added to each newly created feature.