Is there a way to change the coordinate projection for the Pro Parcel Fabric? I made a mistake on the vertical system and would like to change it from NAD83 in Meters to NAVD88_height (US Feet).
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We encourage not to project a parcel fabric as it can have corrupt your data - so making a backup should be step 1 and testing well the last step.
However, if you have to do it, here is the secret recipe:
How to project an ArcMap Parcel Fabric?
Description:
Projecting of a parcel fabric, including a datum transformation is not supported because many of the parcel fabric tables include XYZ coordinates as well as distance units which might change.
However, under certain circumstances and a series of steps, it is possible to project a parcel fabric.
This document describes the pre-requisites and steps to do it including the motivation / logic behind each step.
This process should only be carried out by someone proficient and tested well before used in the production environment again.
Prerequisites:
All the prerequisites must be fulfilled:
Risks:
Prep:
Cleanup steps:
Projecting the Data Steps:
After projecting the parcel fabric the points geometry is projected but the recorded coordinates in the attribute table are still using the old projection and need to be fixed.
Re-calculating XY on points:
Additional operations:
I believe you can reproject a feature dataset containing a parcel fabric just as you would any other feature using Project—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop. In the tool, you would use the same horizontal system and only change the vertical. However, to go from NAD83 to NAVD88_height US FT you need to do this in two steps as there is not a direct transformation.
First run the project tool on your feature dataset using the same horizontal system for the current XY but select NAVD88 as the vertical in the Current Z for the output coordinate system. Do not select NAVD88_height US FT at this time. Make sure to select the “Vertical” option in the dialog once it appears. The tool should automatically select the appropriate geographic transformation. This will create a new feature dataset in NAVD88.
Second using the newly created NAVD88 feature dataset, run the project tool again using the same horizontal system but this time select NAVD88_height US FT as the vertical. Again make sure to select the “Vertical” option.
We encourage not to project a parcel fabric as it can have corrupt your data - so making a backup should be step 1 and testing well the last step.
However, if you have to do it, here is the secret recipe:
How to project an ArcMap Parcel Fabric?
Description:
Projecting of a parcel fabric, including a datum transformation is not supported because many of the parcel fabric tables include XYZ coordinates as well as distance units which might change.
However, under certain circumstances and a series of steps, it is possible to project a parcel fabric.
This document describes the pre-requisites and steps to do it including the motivation / logic behind each step.
This process should only be carried out by someone proficient and tested well before used in the production environment again.
Prerequisites:
All the prerequisites must be fulfilled:
Risks:
Prep:
Cleanup steps:
Projecting the Data Steps:
After projecting the parcel fabric the points geometry is projected but the recorded coordinates in the attribute table are still using the old projection and need to be fixed.
Re-calculating XY on points:
Additional operations:
The question is for a Pro Fabric - would these add-ins and methods still work?