Latest Contributions by TimHodson

Hello Darius, There is no public .Net api for parcel fabrics at 2.4. We are working on releasing some parcel fabric specific SDK functionality in 2.5. However, with 2.4  you can already automate many things such as creating a fabric, adding fields, etcetera, by using the geoprocessing API. For a good sample, and to get some ideas,  you can see the python script code that ships with the product, under Parcel Tools -> Administration -> Upgrade ArcMap Parcel Fabric: (You are probably already familiar with it, but for others reading this, please see an overview and background on the Pro parcel fabric from the Q and A here: https://bit.ly/2NpwEx2 ) You mentioned the business requirement to make customized reporting tools to present information on parcels. For this you may find that you are already able to achieve many of these goals with 2.4 .Net SDK. This is because the parcel fabric in Pro is a controller dataset for standard feature classes and so this, in turn, means that you can access the feature objects of the fabric as-if they are standard features. However, as you explore the 2.4 SDK, please post additional questions / queries if you find that there are things missing that you require for a specific workflow. Please also note the SDK for Utiilty Networks, here: https://github.com/esri/arcgis-pro-sdk/wiki/ProConcepts-Utility-Network I draw your attention to utility network sdk, because parcel fabric sdk will follow the same general pattern because the implementation of the parcel fabric in Pro is similar to utility network datasets. The parcel fabric sdk in 2.5 will include snippets and samples to illustrate these similar concepts. The additions to the parcel fabric sdk that are coming in 2.5 will be targeted to support customized parcel-based edit tools. -Tim ... View more

Here's link that'll take you to the full list of all the latest Pro Fabric videos, including the ones that Jason Camerano recently posted and mentioned in yesterday's meetup: Land Records Group Videos ... View more

In the soon-to-be-released ArcGIS Pro 2.4, a new Update COGO tool will be available for you to update the COGO attributes of selected COGO enabled lines. ... View more

Hi Anne, You should be able to use the Delete Fabric Records Add-in to do that: http://arcg.is/2a3SWON -Tim ... View more

Hi Anna, the spiral is typically used to transition from one circular arc to another, or else to transition from a straight line into a circular arc, or from circular arc into a straight line. So the snippet of the legal description you have above is, on its own, not enough information. To use the spiral tool you'd need to use the information from the prior and subsequent calls, and get the radii from each of those. If one of the prior or subsequent calls is a straight line, then you'd use the "INFINITY" string for that particular side. -Tim ... View more

Hi Mike, thank you for reporting this, and for including the screen-shots. Using the information that you've provided I was able to replicate the error message. A work-around is to set your map properties to a projection. I did a quick test and confirmed that once the map is projecting on the fly from the geographic coordinate system of the stored data into a projection, then the Divide works as expected: -Tim ... View more

Hi Tyler, you'd see this behavior if you are using the Line tool on the feature template instead of using the Two-Point line tool. When using the Two-point line, then a single line feature is created each time, and then if the target is a COGO-Enabled feature class, the Direction and Distance values will be added as COGO attributes. For the next Pro release an enhancement will be available on the two-point line tool that, when activated, will automatically continue the two-point line so that you would have the behavior you are looking for. With Pro 2.3 you currently need to click the start point of the sketch each time before you use Direction/Distance. -Tim ... View more

Hi Jeremy, after running the Simplify By Straight Lines and Circular Arcs, you should be able to check to see if the geometry was actually converted to circular arcs by bringing it into an edit sketch. If the resulting geometry has more than one connected circular arc and/or straight line per single feature, then that would be one explanation for the message that you see in ArcMap 10.6.1 Update COGO Attributes tool. If this is the case, then you would need to run the Split Line at Vertices GP tool after running the Simplify By ...Circular Arcs tool, to get individual features for the circular arc segments. -Tim ... View more

Hi Ben, The Ground to Grid correction functionality is new and was released with ArcGIS Pro 2.3. To learn about the other new editing functionality see the What's New in ArcGIS Pro 2.3 document in the Data Management section under the sub-heading Edit Data. -Tim ... View more

Great! Thank you Margaret for the feedback. I'm glad to hear that it's all now working as you're expecting it to. ... View more

Hi Margaret, I'm glad that this worked for you. Note, however, that the default pixel-based snapping should also work for this. If you switch back to pixel based snapping does the problem you reported come back? When you encountered the problem previously, was the point-snapping button, highlighted in yellow in the image above, turned on? If pixel-based snapping does not work for you then please let me know, as I'd like to do some follow up. As an aside: the downside of using map units for tool snapping is that it becomes hard to use when working at different map scales; you zoom out and the snap tolerance does not seem enough, and when you zoom in the snap tolerance is too much. I personally always use pixel-based snapping. -Tim ... View more

Hi Margaret, snapping should definitely work; the Interactive Correction tools are designed to be able to snap to your control points. One possible reason that you are not seeing snapping to points is that even though you have snapping turned on, you may not have configured the snapping environment to snap to point features? Please let me know if this does not resolve the problem for you. ... View more