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It sounds like you are using the (interactive) merge tool from the Parcel Editor add-in.  At some point it was core I think but for some reason ESRI did not include it at 10.1. I have seen that bug before, but I apologize for not recalling what service pack it was.  I have put in a request to bring it back.  Hopefully it will be available at 10.1 sp1. A workaround is for you to use the merge courses tool that applies a tolerance to the entire construction to merge lines and create the linepoints.  I use .033 which equals about 2 minutes.  For best results, use a small tolerance and delete the original parcels (checkbox). Note:  You can clean up any unneeded linepoints afterwards by using the delete linepoint tool (disadvantage of the tolerance and global functioning of this tool). As I said before hopefully the interactive merge you describe will be added back to core with the next service pack. ... View more

About "dislodged" parcels:  I assume you are referring to the parcel becoming rotated out of its place in the fabric.  That so, check to see if you have "parcel measurement view" turned on in the parcel details and turn it off.  This feature allows you to see the parcel as it was COGO'd prior to joining.  If lines are distorted during opening check to see if any of your lines in the construction grid have yellow cells in them.  This is an indicator that its feature in the fabric is outside the error tolerance for the values you entered. Error tolerances are a more complex issue. Care must be taken when deciding between join methods, the levels of estimation as well as accuracy values and so on.  Because it is so complex it may be best expressed through another post. Second, about updating Plan information: you should first upgrade to 10.1 where you can edit the PlanID directly in the attribute table.  In addition, you can interact with the plans table directly if you want to mass populate fields perhaps by using a subdivision table and an attribute join to calculate.  When using this method to populate the PlanID, you must run an add-in to reassociate the plan to the parcel or create valid "plans" for the plans directory.  I apologize I cannot post the link to this add-in at this time.  It appears that the Land Records Team is doing some work on it and possibly combining it with other relevant add-ins.  The old tool was called "Fabric Tools AddIn" and the new tool is called "Delete Fabric Records."  However, at this time, it doesn't appear that the new tool has this capability but because the old tool can't be located on Resources, you can't download it.  If you want to check it out I can email it to you. PS There was a bug in 10.0 with curves and "slivers."  Hopefully the upgrade will help!! ... View more

Looks like ESRI really dropped the ball on this one...anybody else have an idea? ... View more

A couple of things: First question (in your subject line) Go to Editor options. On the General tab there's an option to "Show feature construction toolbar". Uncheck it.  That should do it! Second question, I always use "explode" on multi-part features.  Then you can do a select by att's and merge the remaining parts back together. I'm curious though, if you're intention is to get rid of multi-part altogether.  You might consider using a topology rule: must be single-part or using the GP tool multi to single part. ... View more

Carol, Regarding your question on whether to use anno or labels, it all depends.  Obviously, labeling would be the least labor-intensive; however, feature-linked anno would offer more flexibilty for "reproducing plat data" in the event that it would be used for printing.  It can be tricky to get everything set up exactly to work for every situation in the labeling engine but it can be done. ... View more

Hi Robert, Did you figure this out?  There is a trace tool coming in 10.1...but for now you can accomplish a seamless parcel boundary by using extreme care in the "join" process of the parcel with the good description.  The trick is that join links can be created in more than one direction.  When using "join points held fixed..." you would link all points to to a place on your fabric.  Where it gets messy is where you have points in your fabric that don't correspond with pts in your description.  In that case, you create a line point on your description by creating a join link from the fabric to your description. ... View more

For all of those who have viewed this and/or are interested in a perspective:  I put it out to a weekly forum of parcel fabric users and they all prefer going with single part features and then modeling encumbrances separately. Thanks for viewing! ... View more

Fun project! Save the image as a tif. Use the spatial adjustment toolbar in arcmap. Click the dropdown to fit image to display. Draw on it using a shapefile or feature class as a target. Open the attribute table to add a field for "body part" and then add the name of the body part. Although this won' t get you all the way to your .net solution, it is a good place to start. ... View more

Hi Rob, Yes, I feel your frustation that, even though the concept has been around awhile...most of the editing tools for the fabric are new.  It is a complex workflow for those who don't have the skills Amir mentioned above.  It may seem like Rocket Science at first.  Just as you have to make your way through, so does ESRI.  So far the 10.1 prerelease does have some good enhancements and a lot less "buggy" behavior.  Because of all of the great stuff mentioned earlier I recommend staying with it since you've come this far.  Currently, I work in the fabric with a topology.  I can't edit it, but I can validate it and see errors for QA. In most experiences, you can do a "construct from parent" or "rejoin" on the problematic parcels and the gaps & slivers go away.  On a good pc and an average size database, it only takes a few seconds. Another simpler approach to get you accustomed to the editing tools in ArcMap is perhaps to try editing your parcels with just straight topology.  The COGO tools in Desktop are nice and the best part is all of the kinks have been worked out! ... View more

In my experience, a lot of point errors will cause the validate to return an error.  You can try using the "Validate topology in a specified area" and just do a little at a time.  Also, those recommended fixes for dangles are problematic and tricky to get to work.  When I run into something like that I choose "select feature" in the Error Inspector.  That allows me to do other things with it...like intersect, trim, etc.  Another note, because dangles are point errors it help to have a line error that can accompany it.  Since you said you are working with parcels we sometime use "line must be covered by boundary of poly."  This will allow you to "subtract" in the Error Inspector. Depending on how far you're zoomed in and the length of these things, you may want to run "check geometry." Hope that helps! ... View more

...Just wanted to update this information a bit.  Once you get your information populated for your poly's you can get them into the plans table using the Fabric Plans tool found here:  http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/file/ArcObjects-.NET-API-Code-Gallery/details?entryID=57ECE6F0-1422-2418-A08C-4D9C50109477 ... View more

Yes, in 10.1 there's a command on the parcel editor toolbar called "transform parcels." Select a parcel and then click the command.  This will engage the "transform parcels" toolbar.  I guess you have to add the command at 10.0. ... View more

hi, so, now i need to clean my topology first. but i encounter some problem where i can't fix the error for rule ' must not intersect or touch interior '. 1) i have zoomed to the extent where i can't see the error at the point and polyline. is there any possibilities that the error are too small? may i know the solutions. 2) may i know is there any tutorial that show how to fix the error i mentioned above.because i'm a new learner, not from GIS students so i'm quite not familiar with ArcGIS 10. This is a bug of some kind. I haven't been able to narrow it down but I think it has to do with your tolerance.  I have seen this several times where you can't split it or you split it, validate and it comes back.  In some cases, you zoom out and it disappears, but beware it oftens comes back.  So because I can't get it to behave consistently, I can't troubleshoot.  Another thing is that 'must not intersect or touch interior' can also manifest itself as an overlapping line.  Keep in mind, you can mark them as "exceptions" and still be able to load them into the fabric. Hope that helps! ... View more