topic Re: Calculate Geometery grayed out. in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculate-geometery-grayed-out/m-p/375857#M12908 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN>I realize this </SPAN><SPAN>question was asked </SPAN><SPAN>a few years ago (and self-resolved), but I only just encountered it yesterday and figured out what the actual problem was, especially if you don't want to add a new field to your data. Go into the Field Properties (right-click the Shape_AREA field header) and uncheck the "Make field read only" box, which now frees up the field for editing and calculating geometry, in or out of an edit session.&nbsp;</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:54:45 GMT deleted-user-yFo_UoWEJbkc 2017-02-16T15:54:45Z Calculate Geometery grayed out. https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculate-geometery-grayed-out/m-p/375855#M12906 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>What do I do when Calculate Geometry is grayed out, unavailable for a newly created shapefile, in an edit session, or out of an edit session? </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Win 7 Pro, 64 bit, ArcGIS Desktop 10.2.1</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:26:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculate-geometery-grayed-out/m-p/375855#M12906 PaulHuffman 2014-03-24T16:26:15Z Re: Calculate Geometery grayed out. https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculate-geometery-grayed-out/m-p/375856#M12907 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Oh, I see, I first need to add a field to hold the area calculation. Calculate Geometry doesn't create one for me.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:38:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculate-geometery-grayed-out/m-p/375856#M12907 PaulHuffman 2014-03-24T16:38:34Z Re: Calculate Geometery grayed out. https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculate-geometery-grayed-out/m-p/375857#M12908 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN>I realize this </SPAN><SPAN>question was asked </SPAN><SPAN>a few years ago (and self-resolved), but I only just encountered it yesterday and figured out what the actual problem was, especially if you don't want to add a new field to your data. Go into the Field Properties (right-click the Shape_AREA field header) and uncheck the "Make field read only" box, which now frees up the field for editing and calculating geometry, in or out of an edit session.&nbsp;</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:54:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/calculate-geometery-grayed-out/m-p/375857#M12908 deleted-user-yFo_UoWEJbkc 2017-02-16T15:54:45Z