Latest Contributions by Bud

ArcGIS Pro 3.3.2; File Geodatabase I'm creating a new feature class called Roads. I've overlooked that a Roads FC already exists in the geodatabase, and the Name parameter is outlined in red. I'm at the last tab (Storage Configuration tab) in the wizard, but the Finish button is unavailable/greyed out. It's not immediately clear why the Finish button is greyed out. I'm wondering if it would be more intuitive if there were an indication about why the Finish button is unavailable, such as red text that says "Error in previous tab" or "Error: Name already exists."     ... View more

Regarding AGOL (or Portal?) layers like this: Digital Raster Acquisition Project Eastern Ontario (DRAPE) 2008 - Web Map Service I can download a .PITEM or .PITEMX file that contains the layer. As far as I can tell, those files can only be opened as a new project/.APRX in ArcGIS Pro. I don't want to create a new project; I want to add the layer to an existing project. Since .PITEMX files can't be added to an existing project, I'm wondering if downloading a .LYRX file would be better, since.LYRX files can be added to an existing project. ... View more

I have a polygon with many vertices. I want to select multiple vertices on the left hand side of the polygon and delete those vertices. It would be ideal if I could use a rectangle selection tool to select multiple vertices and then delete them. ... View more

When hovering over an item in the Contents pane: Display the item's alias in the tooltip. ... View more

ArcGIS Pro 3.3.2; File Geodatabase raster Contents Pane > Data > Export Raster Output Format: JPG The Compression Quality parameter can be set to a value above 100%, such as 116%. The tooltip says the values can only be from 0 to 100. But that contradicts the actual values available in the parameter. Idea: Limit the Compression Quality values to 0-100%, disallowing values above 100. ... View more

When adding a raster to the map from a geodatabase, I want a default symbology to be used, such as stretch (white to black gradient) and DRA. Or shaded relief. The kind of symbology that’s used for rasters makes a big difference. A user might add a LiDAR digitial surface model to the map, but its default symbology might just look like a black blob, so seemingly not useful data. But if DRA is applied or if shaded relief symbology is used, then the raster becomes more useful, the user can see differences in elevation. However, users might not know that the symbology needs to be changed. Default symbology would solve this issue. I'm aware that default symbology can be stored in a .LYRX layer file, a saved project, or other formats. But that's not how our users find and add data to maps. They drag and drop from the geodatabase in Catalog. Related: Store default feature class symbology in geodatabase ... View more

ArcGIS Pro 2.9.5 Idea: Right-click a layer in the Contents pane and choose a Rename (Alias) option to rename the feature layer. Similar to right-clicking a file in Windows Explorer and hitting Rename. I'm aware that there are other ways to rename a feature layer, such as keyboard shortcuts, slow clicking, or in the properties. But my intuition after renaming in other areas like the Catalog pane is to simply right-click and hit Rename. ... View more