Latest Contributions by Robert_LeClair

If you go into the Pro Options->Current Settings, you can change the Default Geodatabase for the project.  If you'd rather ALL Pro projects use a particular geodatabase, go to Pro Options -> Application -> General -> Default Geodatabase (Use the same geodatabase as the default for all projects). Hope this helps! Robert ... View more

You could run the Geotagged Photos to Point GP tool to create a point feature class of the photo location with the associated photo via a Relationship Class.  Then run the Export to CAD GP tool to create a dxf/dwg file but I believe the photo via the Relationship Class would be dropped...but I'd have to test this. ... View more

Douglas - I understand where you're coming from as I too am a seasoned Esri user (ArcInfo Workstation 5.0, ArcView 1.0->3.3, ArcGIS for Desktop 8.0->10.4.1 and now ArcGIS Pro) who works for Esri as an Instructor.  Some items to explain the hows/whys of Pro: Move ArcMap to 64-bit:  The Developers tried to a few years ago but the programming languages used had long since been deprecated.  Would have been too costly and time consuming to do a 64-bit ArcMap.  Thus they started with a fresh approach using 19 years of ArcMap experience/changes/design to create ArcGIS Pro. Ribbon Interface:  Many software companies in addition to Esri (i.e. Autodesk, et.al.) are using the MS ribbon technology for a modern user experience.  I teach the ArcGIS Pro classes and many students find learning Pro intuitive and easier to navigate.  Subjective statements I know but just what I see based on my teaching experiences to date. Stability:  ArcGIS Pro is stable on my machine.  A few things you may want to try - determine the make/model of your video card and go to the manufacturers website to download the latest driver.  Windows Update will not do this.  Also run the program - Can your Computer Run ArcGIS Pro - Can You Run It? - to determine if your hardware can run the program for the best user experience. ArcGIS Pro vs. ArcMap functional equivalency:  You're right - Pro is not there.  The developers are working very hard to make the next release of Pro - 1.4 - be functionally equivalent to ArcMap.  When ArcMap 8.0 came out, it didn't have the same functionality of ArcView 3.x.  In my opinion, it took until 8.3 for ArcMap to hit its stride.  Pro is similar in this regard. Licensing:  Starting at 1.3, you can choose Named User, Single Use, or Concurrent use licensing.  Just like ArcMap's licensing model.  In fact, you can check a Pro license offline when you're not connected to a network. Multiple Layouts:  This was one of the top requested Ideas from GeoNet that we reintroduced in Pro.  Many users like this functionality so it all depends on your workflows I suppose. ArcMap - will be with us for a long time.  There will be an ArcMap 10.5 and into the future.  For example, our deprecation schedule for ArcMap 10.3 has it's official retirement December 2022 I think.  That means supported until then. 10.5 (who knows if it will go to 10.6 or 11.0) will have ArcMap.  Many federal customers rely upon ArcMap. Hope this helps explain ArcGIS Pro - feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. Robert LeClair Esri-Denver ... View more

Related - there's a new Blog article on Troubleshooting Performance Issues in ArcGIS Pro - a good read!  Troubleshooting Performance Issues in ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Blog ... View more

Oliver - I've researched your Pro crash message (I too experience this as well) and found out that there are two bugs related to Dell Latitude machines - BUG-000088793 and BUG-000088793.  One resolution is to change the Rendering Engine from DirectX to OpenGL.  Launch Pro, go to About ArcGIS Pro (bottom of the screen), on the back stage (left panel), click Options->Display and change the Rendering Engine to OpenGL.  Does the error message/crashing continue?  Pls advise. ... View more

Paul - I do want to address some workflows to troubleshoot your ArcGIS Pro crashes: First, determine if your hardware is "Pro ready" - the ArcGIS Pro 1.3 system requirements may be found here:  ArcGIS Pro 1.3 system requirements—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS for Desktop An online tool "Can your computer run ArcGIS Pro?" may be found here:  Can You Run It? Determine your make/model of your video card and update the video card driver directly from the manufacturer's website.  Windows Update will not provide the latest/greatest drivers. Hope this helps! Regards, Robert LeClair Esri-Denver ... View more

The Fill (Spatial Analyst) GP tool may be worth a look as well. ... View more

One thing I've heard is that geodatabase replication will not be supported in ArcGIS Pro.  But they are looking to add support for Feature Service Sync capabilities at 1.4.  So a user could create a local copy of the data and then sync via the feature service.  It's coming... ... View more

As John Lucotch mentioned, if GeoWare is built off of SQL Server, then you could make a database connection to the SQL Server database and see the tables in there.  Are you attempting to make an ArcMap Join to tie the 2 tables together?  Pls advise. Regards, Robert LeClair Esri-Denver ... View more

Essy - would you be able to provide more details?  As you know, an *.apm is an ArcPad Map Document that can reference shapefiles.  Are you trying to convert the ArcPad document to a shapefile or something else?  Pls advise. ... View more

Off the top of my head I do not but there is an ArcGIS Ideas "idea" to bring back the State Tree functionality as core - ArcGIS Idea - Release the GDBT for ArcGIS 10 ... View more

Esri Downloads - updated link. I suspect it will not work for 10.4 as this has not been a supported tab for a few releases now. ... View more

In researching further, an analyst found the workaround may be somewhat resolved by: <CLIP> On my system, if I click over 2 data driven pages, then click back one, the second page exports correctly also.  However, this workaround does not work on the customer's systems! The hang appears to occur when the single arrow, to change over one page, in the Data Driven Pages is clicked.  If the single arrow is clicked twice, the next page exports. <END CLIP> The bug is listed high priority but I don't see a planned resolution date. ... View more

Jonathan - yes, renaming/deleting the ..\ESRI folder will reset ArcMap back to "factory settings" - as you pointed out, there would be substantial loss.  In further researching this issue, there is a bug 000084894 related to exporting Data Driven Pages Map Book to PDF that throws this error.  The workaround in this case is to export the entire document page by page - not ideal.  Are you exporting a Map Book series to PDF?  Pls advise. ... View more