Parcel Editing Workflows - Copy Parallel Tool
Our organization often uses the 'Copy Parallel' editing tool when integrating new encumbrance parcels into our parcel fabric. We typically receive a land transfer document with instructions like "10 feet of even width across said lot numbers", and we use the Copy Parallel tool to create new encumbrance parcel lines that are parallel to existing property parcel lines.
This is a good workflow, but the Create Parallel tool does not appear to have a snap tolerance option, nor does the tool appear to honour snap tolerances set with the Snapping tool. This means when creating a parallel line where the end points are close to other lines, there is either a small gap or overshoot as shown in the image below.
To rectify these gaps and overshoots, the Extend/Trim tool can be used. However, this requires editors to zoom into each intersection to extend or trim the newly created line. This is quite tedious and time consuming, especially when there are multiple parcels to create at a time.
To increase the efficiency of our editing workflows, a snap tolerance option to the Copy Parallel tool would vastly reduce the time used to fix these small gaps and overshoots before we proceed with the rest of our workflow (create parcel seeds> attribute the encumbrance parcels> build parcels).
Are you looking to extend/trim the parallel line to solve the issue of:
1. Undershoots and overshoots (small distances)
OR
2. Run parallel lines for long distances until they 'hit' another feature (long distances).
Would the enhancement below solve the problem?
