Traverse tool refuses to change a bearing

[DianeBaker]

After entering a curve, the next line is auto filled based on the curve and assumes the line is tangent to the curve. In my case line 3  should read S25-37-30E in order ot match the plat.  However, the traverse tool refuses to allow me to change line 3 from  S25-37-57E to S25-37-30E.  I didnt realize the discrepancy until I had drawn a long line and the end points were not connecting.  This happens on occasion and frustraingly once it happens I can't go back and modify the line.  Every time I enter anything in the bearing field it just changes it back to the tangent line.  Is there a way to force the line to no longer be tangent to the curve without having to delete all the linework that followed the area?

[RobHastings]

I experience the same issue with the Traverse tool and I found this on an Esri community page:

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/traverse-tool-not-accepting-direction/td-p/156126...

When I realize the tool is not accepting the correct direction, my work-around now is to end that traverse and start a new one. So far that works. It's still frustrating but at least I can continue to use the tool. 

[DianeBaker]

I'm baffled at the idea there may not be an override for situations like this.  Not being able to force it really makes finding errors in subdivision boundary particularly tedious.  Heres to hoping ESRI staff responds and either provides the override method or get this on the "fix it" list.

[AmirBar-Maor]

@DianeBaker 

We understand why this can be frustrating and it is concerning that other mappers have encountered it.

Unfortunatly I was not able to reproduce the issue 😞

You write that this happens 'on occasions' - can you provide any hints? 

• Always with curves on exit direction
• Does this happen after the traverse closes?
• Does this happen with traverse that have multiple curves? just one curve?
• Do you use ArcGIS Enterprise? Or a file geodatabase?
• If you enter an asterisk ('*') in the direction to force tangency again, does the cell become editable again? Or is the cell completly lockd out?

Any other hints are greatly appreciated. If you can reproduce the issue, please contact technical support and DM us with the case number.

[DianeBaker]

I've been testing it out and it seems to happen every time i come out of the curve. In the newer plats there isn't a discrepancy with the outgoing tangency direction and the following line direction the vast majority of the time. I think thats why I never noticed the issue.  However, I have been working on some older plats from the 1960's and noticed it happens on almost ever line after a curve.  They are often off by a minute or second.

I thought an example of the calls would be helpful for recreating the problem.  This would be the following calls on a plat I worked yesterday:

South 52° 37’ 30” East                 55.00’

Tangent Curve Radius -15, Arc Length 23.56

North 37° 22’ 30” East                 127.30’

If you put in the first and second call the following line will have the bearing as North 37° 22’ 57” East.  Very close but not the call I need for a row of straight lines that follow.  If you try to change it to plat call, North 37° 22’ 30” East, it will just revert back to North 37° 22’ 57” East.  However, if you change the bearing by more than 3 minutes it will accept it. So for an example I would change the bearing to North 37° 25’ 57” East it would accept it.  I can then go back and try to edit the call again to match the plat call of North 37° 22’ 30” East but then I get stuck in the loop again where it continuously reverts to the tangent North 37° 22’ 57” East.

I am on 3.4.2, and utilize a ArcGIS Geodatabase.  We are two mappers and use branch versioning.   My mapping partner is also dealing with the same but is on 3.3.1.

[ejones_99]

I also have been running into this same problem. 😞