Merge Points: Inconsistent Behavior?

[jcarlson]

Has anyone encountered this? I use Merge Points in an area where I know the topology is good. No gaps, no overlaps, everything is lined up nicely. The preview shows exactly what I want.

But when I complete the merge, one of the parcels behaves as though it was the other point, while the rest of the features align properly.

With more points and parcels involved, the results get even wackier:

These examples are easy enough to correct with topological editing tools, but I shouldn't have to do that every time I merge points.

It gets worse. Sometimes the parcels behave as though none of the other vertices are "pinned" by fabric points, even if they are!

This leads to "alignments" in which the entire parcel is transformed in the same was as the target segment, leaving me with literally every other vertex now being misaligned.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

Merge Points used to be my favorite tool, now I avoid it like the plague.

[KarinPierce]

I am also seeing this same behavior.  This was my go to tool but no using it.

[MichaelVolz]

Is Merge Points an important tool that you had been using when cleaning up parcels that were adjacent to new or edited parcels in the fabric?

[anna_garrett]

it was a useful clean up tool in the ArcMap parcel fabric. 

[anna_garrett]

I have encountered this before as well and have since abandoned using the tool. Whatever changes were made absolutely broke it. 

[jcarlson]

@anna_garrett @KarinPierce Glad to hear it's not just me, but sorry you lost the tool, too. Did it coincide with Pro 3.0, or 3.1? I can't recall, honestly.

[anna_garrett]

I can't recall either, to be completely fair. Probably 3.0. 

[TimHodson]

Thanks @jcarlson @KarinPierce @anna_garrett for reporting this problem. I've reproduced the issue on 3.1.x. It is not reproducible in 3.0.x. We will work to find the cause, identify a solution, and get a fix into the next available patch.

[TimHodson]

This is fixed in the latest patch 3.1.3 that was released today.

ArcGIS Pro 3.1 patch 3 (3.1.3) is now available to download from My Esri.

https://support.esri.com/en-us/bug/the-merge-parcel-points-tool-returns-topology-errors-bug-00015926...

Thank you again for reporting it.