Hi! I don't like ArcGis Pro but I have to use it anyway

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08-07-2024 02:12 AM
GiaimeTocco
Emerging Contributor

Hello everybody!!

I've been recently hired by a public company where we are required to use ArcGis pro because of the online portal where many data and maps are shared by the organisation. i was accostumed to QGis, which I used for at least 5 years without any problem. 
Switching from Qgis to ArcGis has been traumatic and my productivity dropped, mainly because of the inexplicable (to me) difficulties that arcgis pro has to do even the simplier tasks (one for all: copy point element from one layer to another: qgis=select layer 1, select elements, ctrl+c, select layer 2, ctrl+v: done; arcgis pro= still not found without create a new shape feature class (AAAAAAH) and than merge and whatever)

So, I don't like this software, moreover I honestly hate it, but I have to use it, so I hope to find some solution i need in this community, just to avoid any other rage raptus....... 

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Sage_Wall
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Sorry you are having issues with the learning Pro.  To copy and paste features from one layer to another is really quite easy.  The secret is to choose paste special and then you can choose the layer to add the feature too.  https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/editing/copy-and-paste-using-the-clipboard.htm

 

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Sage_Wall
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Sorry you are having issues with the learning Pro.  To copy and paste features from one layer to another is really quite easy.  The secret is to choose paste special and then you can choose the layer to add the feature too.  https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/editing/copy-and-paste-using-the-clipboard.htm

 

GiaimeTocco
Emerging Contributor

Thank you for the tip. The point lays in the words you use: "the secret is". 

Why on earth must this simple task be a secret? Why I have one thousand commands on the "ribbon" but I have to deep search for the solution to one of the most frequent things the software is requested to do? 

This approach drives me crazy. 

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I'm getting "I just need butter!" vibes from this post. 

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