Latest Contributions by MarkVolz

Hello, I am using the Tax Parcel Editing Template to maintain my parcel fabric.  I would like to use a single fabric to maintain my parcels, lots, and subdivisions.  I have a couple questions. 1) what is the most efficient way to copy parcels to lots or subdivisions? 2) the annotation is displaying dimensions for parcels and lots.  How can I have the annotation display dimensions for parcels only? 3) when working with parcels my default line category went from "0 Boundary" to "3 Connection."  How can I switch this back? ... View more

Hello, I have a SDE geodatabase that has historical archiving enabled.  I would like to modify the topology of one of my feature datasets.  From my understanding topology can be used in versioned / archived geodatabases however, the topology cannot be modified. The workflow that I have thus far is: Delete, post any versions Disable Archiving  (do not delete history tables) Unregister as versioned Change Topology Register as versioned Enable archiving The problem that I have is that I lose all of my historical changes.  Is there a way to "load history tables" into the SDE geodatabase, or is there a different workflow to modify topology? Thanks ... View more

Hello, I have a model that converts my data from File Geodatabase to a shapefile.  At 9x the Model worked fine.  When I try to run the model at 10x with SP1 the model crashes in the middle of the Copy Feature operation, specifically on a record that is more than 254 characters long.  This problem also occurs when I right click on the File Geodatabase and select Export to Shapefile.  The code works when I force all the records in the File Geodatabase to be 254 or fewer characters.  How can we force the ArcGIS 10x geoprocessor to truncate long records when copying to a shapefile? I recently upgraded to ArcGIS 10. ... View more

It would be nice if we could have the option to place leader lines on labels that are offset. ... View more

Hello, To find out if a Definition is Active, I noticed that we have to go to Layer Properties > Definition Query > Page Definition. I would like to see the properties for Page Definition moved to Layer Properties > Definition Query.  We will be able to get the the properties quicker, and besides there is more than enough space on the Definition Query Tab. If not, it would be nice to at least see some indication that a Page Definition is either active or not active. ... View more

I would like to see the export to Mr Sid.  We used the export feature to create small Mr Sid files for project areas, and I think we will continue to use it. ... View more

I would like to overwrite the outputs of my python geoprocessing script in ArcGIS 10.  How can I do this? ... View more

I have noticed that Arc 10x seems pretty slow compared to 9.x.  I have noticed that the new parcel editor seems particularly slow.  I will often wait about 15 seconds before I am allowed to edit a parcel. My machine is rather new - core 2, 4 GB ram, decent graphics card.  Does anyone have any thoughts as to how I can speed the system up? ... View more

Hello, I am trying to figure out how to use the breakline tool.  Particularly I would like to divide a segment in half or in a quarter.  What is the best way of doing this?  I noticed having the proportion the remaining distance has no affect to the midpoint in the line.  Is there a way of breaking a construction line in half automatically, or do I have to bring out the my calculator every time I want to break a line? ... View more