topic Re: multipatch feature disappears when editing in ArcGIS Pro Questions

multipatch feature disappears when editing

JustinJohnston — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 21:23:53 GMT

When I try to edit a multipatch feature with edit vertices, it disappears. I can edit using scale fine, but edit vertices makes it disappear. See screen capture MP4 attached for what I mean. It isn't just hiding below the ground surface. It seems to be gone.

Cheers,

Justin

Re: multipatch feature disappears when editing

Scott_Harris — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:46:23 GMT

Hi Justin,

Try toggling this option to see if that makes a difference:

Thanks,

Scott

Re: multipatch feature disappears when editing

JustinJohnston — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:54:14 GMT

Hi Scott,

This did not make a difference. Any other ideas?

Cheers,

Justin

Re: multipatch feature disappears when editing

Scott_Harris — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:21:10 GMT

Hi Justin,

My current hunch is that the problem is related to the symbology, have you tried to set the multipatches to a filled symbology (try the one below) instead of the "wireframe" looking symbology you are currently using?

Thanks,

Scott

Re: multipatch feature disappears when editing

JustinJohnston — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 14:30:47 GMT

Hi Scott,

I have tried different symbologies. I thought the same thing. It still disappears when trying to edit vertices. To test things, I did create a new multipatch feature class and manually drew buildings. That worked fine for editing. I also tried creating a different new multipatch feature class and retried copy/paste special the buildings made from polygons into that to see if it was a corrupted feature class I was working with causing the disappearance. The new feature class still disappears if I try to edit vertices. My sense is that there is a flaw in the copy/paste special functionality when copying from polygons to multipatch feature classes.

Cheers,

Justin

Re: multipatch feature disappears when editing

hilarysyvertson — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:12:14 GMT

Hi Justin,

Did you ever figure this out? I'm having the same issue either when trying to edit vertices or multipatch textures. At first I thought it was a copy/paste issue, but I created a new multipatch feature class with buildings from scratch and I still have this problem.

Re: multipatch feature disappears when editing

TarigAhmed3 — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 15:50:27 GMT

Same here, any luck?

Re: multipatch feature disappears when editing

hilarysyvertson — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 14:30:23 GMT

I'm still not sure what the problem was, but I opened my multipatch feature class in a new project and then I could edit it and it didn't disappear anymore.

Re: multipatch feature disappears when editing

AnnaRiling1 — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 14:55:53 GMT

Did you ever get a solution to this? What version of Pro are you using? I noticed this issue in 2.6 but not in 2.8.

Re: multipatch feature disappears when editing

sadiqtahmi1 — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 17:48:34 GMT

You can change the color mode from RGB to CMYK, I tried that and I think it is a suitable solution for this problem, see the attached image

Re: multipatch feature disappears when editing

JacobAalfs — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:18:35 GMT

4 years later and still no resolution, except to open dataset in another project. Thanks esri!

Re: multipatch feature disappears when editing

JacobAalfs — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:01:44 GMT

Opened in another project and it still disappears when trying to edit. KUDOS esri !!!!

Re: multipatch feature disappears when editing

JacobAalfs — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:34:00 GMT

After pulling my hair out and a lot of cussing while waiting for esri "customer service" (and I use that term, lightly) to call me back, I have discovered it has something to do with setting the elevation of the multipatch feature to "On the ground". I turned off the WorldElevation3D/Terrain3D elevation surface mid-edit and the selected feature is visible.