Latest Contributions by ModernElectric

Greetings-     I have spent the past (2) years using ESRI ArcMap to completely redo our electric infrastructure from AutoCAD to GIS. Basically it was a long process of manually going through AutoCAD drawings, notebooks, old hand-drawn As-built drawings to manually digitize our infrastructure in ArcMap. Now that the system is completely in GIS (being used by our operations, CSR and field crews) for research and decision making - I want to be able to move to the next step of using GIS. That next step is - How can I use GIS to run analysis on my current infrastructure. What I am wanting to see is what other companies have done with their GIS system to run analysis in order to help their company change/improve things. Any ideas I might be able to use that I could present to my management team would be awesome. Thanks ... View more

I have a problem that has just started, and have not had this issue before. I have used the "Spatial Join" tool dozens of times with the same feature class(s). However, this time something is preventing me from doing it. I am trying to put a Point Feature Class in the "Join Features" to join to the Target Feature Class (Polygon). I can add the polygon feature class into the target feature but no matter what route I take - it will not allow me to select the specific point feature class I need. Whats going on and how do I fix this? Im trying to get it to say all these points that are within the polygon region - show in the output feature class. Like I've said - i have used this tool dozens of times before with the same feature classes. ... View more

Greetings-    I am still really new to working with a writing python script. What I have done is built a Data Model using Model Builder to export data out of an Oracle Database and bring it into a file geodatabase. I saved this model into a custom toolbox. What I am trying to do is to write a python script that will run the custom toolbox. Later - I plan on using Microsoft Task Scheduler to run this python script every night. I am not sure how to write this simple script to run my toolbox. Custom Toolbox: CIS GIS Integration Tools.tbx     Model: Water.CIS_Account_Data     Model: Water.CIS_Service_Meters Once I can get a script built that will run these models and/or the custom toolbox, I can do the rest on my own. Thanks ... View more

What I would like to see is the ability to set different zoom levels based on the symbols set in a given feature class. When you are working on symbols - go into the Layer Properties - and set the symbols based on the unique values - it would be nice to set unique zoom levels based on the value for each symbol that is set. ... View more

Greetings-    I am trying some new things in ArcMap that I am not sure how to do yet. I have a feature class from a File Geodatabase in a .MXD file called SERVICE_LOCATIONS. Within that feature class, I have a few subtypes (Meter_Pack, Single_Meter, Temp Meter and Primary_Meter). What I want to be able to do is have the symbols per subtype show up at different zoom levels. Example: I want to have the Single_Meter subtype show up at a zoom level of 1:2000 and as you zoom into around 1:750 - the meters with a subtype of Meter_Pack shows up/appears.   Anyone know how I can do this? Thank you ... View more

I am new to ArcGIS mobile. I am currently working with ArcMap 10 and I am told that I am able to take my File Geodatabase and bring the data into ArcGIS Mobile. I have the single use license that came with ArcGIS 10 and the ArcGIS Mobile Software. I currently do not have ArcGIS Server and was told I do not need it in order to use ArcGIS mobile. I am currently testing the use of some laptop computers with ArcGIS mobile to bring out infrastructure data into the field for our crew Foreman. The problem I am having is I cannot find any tutorials or step-by-step instructions on going from my File Geodatabase loaded into an .MXD to the package that is needed to be build to run in ArcGIS mobile. Can someone help me please? Thank you ... View more

Greetings-      I am currently working with a File Geodatabase that I started from a template that I downloaded from the resource center. I have recently found a new one that looks like is going to work better than what I am working with right now. What I need to know is the BEST way to take the individual feature classes and pass/move the data into the new geodatabase. EX: wHydrant (old) move data into Fire Hydrants (new).     Also - I have a few of the feature classes that are set-up with attachments and I have a table with over 4000 records of attachments. I do not want to go back into the new geodatabase and create every single attachment again. Is there a simple way to copy that table to the new geodatabase so when I open it in a new .MXD and do an identify on a wMeter, that attachment will be there? Thank you ... View more

Greetings-     I've been working with ArcMap v10 ArcEditor for the past few months and starting to get some really messed up errors/issues dealing with my geometric network inside my electric distribution file geodatabase. All of a sudden problems start happening. When I go through to "Set Flow Direction" it goes from Determinate Flow to Uninitialized Flow on a complex line. When I use the Rebuilt Connectivity tool, I still have the same problem. What I have come to release is in order for it to work, I need to have a minimum of 15 units/feet between vertices on a line (Complex Line) for the connectivity to work. Example: I have a PRIMARY_CONDUCTOR line with one of the vertices snapped to another line and the other endpoint is snapped to the FUSE_BANK point. In order for the connectivity, that line that snaps to the FUSE_BANK point must be more than 15 units/feet. This just now started to happen. I used the "Rebuilt Geometric Network" tool in Arc Catalog, and that does not work.   Has anyone else been having problems with a geometric network and the tools in ArcMap v10 on working with the flow and rebuilding connectivity? This is really starting to cause big problems for me. Thank you ... View more

Greetings-    I am working on a small project that was assigned to me. I currently have a feature class called SUPPORT_STRUCTURES which is a point feature class of all of our power and service poles in our district. Currently - I have the Projected Coordinate System set to NAD-1983_StatePlane_Washington_North_FIPS_4601_Feet. For each pole, I have an X and Y coorindate in the attributes. That was created not by GPS but once I placed all of the poles with the help of our ortho photos. NOW - what I need to do is determine the Latitude and Longitude for each pole. I am working on using this data with a another peice of software and in order to add the data it requires the Lat and Long coordinates in order to place the data at the correct locations.    How would I do this using ArcMap 10 - ArcEditor? Thank you ... View more

Wanted to see if anyone has had this problem, and if so how they went about fixing it. I am currently running ArcGIS Desktop 9.3.1 with the ArcPAD extension in order for me to "Check-Out" data to an .AXF file to use in ArcPad on my Trimble Device. I am currently running ArcPAD 10 on the Trimble. I roughly 6 feature classes from one of my Geodatabases in a separate .MXD that I want to export out to an .AXF file. Out of those (6) feature classes, I only have 2 that I tell to "Check-Out" and the other ones to export out as a background .SHP file. I have already used the "Configure" tool and when I use the "Get Data for ArcPad" tool I go through the same steps without a problem. Its not until the end that I run the tool that ArcDesktop "Stops Responding" on me. I let it go as long as 15 minutes to see if it was just running to the process, but I have very little data being "converted" to an .AXF format. Is there a problem with my feature class(s), .MXD file or a step I am doing wrong or not doing in the "Check-Out" process? Thanks ... View more

Greetings-    I am currently in the process of learning how to use ArcPAD and ArcPad Studio. My company is in the process of doing power pole numbering and inspection. I have figured out how to "Check-Out" my data (Specially my Support_Structure Feature Class). I have a few other feature classes as background .SHP files. I am slowly learned how to use ArcPad Studio and getting a little lost.     I have figured out how to turn-on and off a field column in a background .SHP file. But that doesn't help me.    I have around 3 dozen column fields in the feature class (Support_Structures) from my Geodatabase. When the .AXF file is opened in ArcPad on my mobile device, it gives me around 7 attribute tabs. However, there are only about 7 or 8 columns fields that data needs to be entered and those are the only fields I want to display. So my goal is to limit the 7 attributes tabs down to 1 or 2.   How do I hide or remove those other column fields that I do not want to display in ArcPad but not remove from the overall .AXF and Geodatabase? Thanks for any help anyone can give. ... View more

Greetings,   I am currently in the process of creating a "Data Package" for ArcReader from a Geodatabase. The geodatabase I am specifically using comes from the Water User's Group from the ESRI website. When I go through the process to publish it, I get an error saying there are multiple "Incompatible Datatypes" Example --> wSystem Valves (non simple features) What exactly is a non-simple feature? How to get rid of this error message so I am able to package this up for a .PMF file? Thanks ... View more