topic Move point and line features together without breaking connectivity in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Move point and line features together without breaking connectivity

anbinh — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 04:20:01 GMT

Hi community,

I'm working with two layers: PKG_ESRI_GEO_NODE (points) and PKG_ESRI_GEO_LINK (lines). These features were converted from a schematic diagram, and I want to move the point features while keeping their connected line features intact.

Here's the issue I'm facing:

When I move a group of stacked nodes upward, the connected lines follow, and everything stays connected — all good. (Followed How To: Move Point and Line Features Simultaneously When Editing in ArcGIS Pro)
But when I try to move the same group downward, I get a warning: “Feature will cross other features”, and the connected lines don’t move with the nodes, breaking the connectivity.

In ArcMap, this worked smoothly using the Schematics Editor, and I'd like to achieve similar behavior in ArcGIS Pro without introducing a topology network, as there was no topology network in the legacy ArcMap settings.

Is there a way to move these nodes freely in any direction without losing their connection to the lines?

Thanks in advance for any ideas or workarounds!

Re: Move point and line features together without breaking connectivity

AnneYvonneBlin — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:30:30 GMT

Hi @anbinh
These features (converted from a schematic diagram) are now simple line and point features in standard feature classes and their geometry coincidence is only kept until you start editing them. When you edit them, the topology is no longer maintained; they are now simple features.
ArcGIS Schematics is not part of ArcGIS Pro and will be no longer maintained soon. To generate diagrams in ArcGIS Pro, you must start building a utility network or a trace network. These two networks come with diagramming capabilities at their creation. How was your schematic diagrams created in the past in ArcMap/ArcCatalog? Do they come from a Geometric Network?

Anne-Yvonne

Re: Move point and line features together without breaking connectivity

anbinh — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 23:15:06 GMT

Thanks Anne-Yvonne,

I've managed to work it out using a trace network.

My client mainly uses the schematic diagram for editing purpose. I initially just converted the schematic diagram to simple feature classes (nodes, vertices, links) contained within a feature dataset. The ArcGIS Pro built-in editor can be used but not a good experience as it is hard to maintain the topological connection during the edit.

I created a Trace Network and enabled the network topology, and now it works much better. The topological connection is better maintained when editing. The only downside is that it would require Standard or Advanced license.

Cheers,