Hello,
We are *finally* in the process of Migrating to ArcGIS Pro. Currently we have numerous thematic maps that are pre-made and ready for staff to open/print for the public. There is one MXD for each printout size. (Example - fire district maps, one MXD for 8.5x11, one for 11x17, one for 24x36, one for 40x60). We have a *ton* of these that I need to convert.
My understanding is that in Pro, you can do this in a single project with one map and many layouts that refer to that one map. Awesome!
In Pro I imported one map and layout, made everything pretty, then imported the other MXD layouts to bring in the other sizes for that thematic map. I edited those layouts so that all the elements fit properly.
After I added my third map size, Pro starting running so slow that I can barely do anything. It acts as if, when I'm viewing one layout, it's also drawing the other layouts too even though they are not active. If I dare to print a map, it takes at least 10 minutes to print. One 8.5x11 map still hadn't printed by the time I came back from lunch. I have rebooted many times and have cleared out the display cache. I have all the layouts "Paused" except the one I am trying to print; that helped a tiny bit but is clunky and trying to explain that to inexperienced staff is not something I want to tackle if I can avoid it.
In on Pro 3.2 with patches installed. The computer has 32 gb RAM. Do I need to make one map for each layout (which, um, defeats the purpose!) Do I need to go back to having one map/layout in a project, like we did with ArcMap, instead of one Pro project with many layouts? Something else?
IWhat am I missing here? Huge thanks!
