I'm using the latest version of ArcGIS Pro. All projects and data I refer to in this question were created using the same version, on the same computer. My software and files are all stored locally on my single disk (C:\). I am not connected to a VPN.
I am working with point cloud data, creating DEMs, DSMs, and nDSMs. Seemingly at random, I will no longer be able to save my project. I can add the contents of my geodatabase to the map, I can add the geodatabase to another project and then add the data to the other project, but when I go to save or make any changes (like exporting a raster, using any geoprocessing tool, etc. it says it cannot save because the project is read only.
I've gone into Windows File Explorer and made sure my ArcGIS Pro projects folder is not read only.
I've tested using the raw data in a new project, with a blank geodatabase, and recreating all of my data in the old project from scratch. Here is the rough workflow:
1. Create LAS dataset
2. Make LAS dataset layers (ground points, first returns)
3. LAS dataset to raster (x2)
The above steps work fine.
4. Raster functions -> Minus (DSM-DEM = nDSM)
This creates the nDSM but is not stored in my geodatabase. So:
5. Export raster
Uh oh! I can't do that because the project is read only. Try to save? Project is read only. This happens regardless of any tool I use. The problem is not limited to just redoing my work in a new project, it initially happened in a big project with multiple geodatabases that I had been working on for 1 month. Now I can't even work on that project.
This is a major issue in my work that I'm hoping someone can help with.
