Latest Contributions by DanWade

‎09-17-2025

‎09-17-2025

Hello @rahulkirola, We appreciate your post on a number of WFL ideas. Given all of these ideas have already been posted, and are listed on the right side of your post as related, it would be better to give the original poster a Kudo so that Esri can track ideas that resonate with the community users so we know what ideas are important to you. As for your last idea, "Expose definition queries in the GUI", if we follow the related idea listed here we can see this functionality is already offered in the latest build, 435. Kind regards.

‎07-09-2025

Hello @Marc_Graham, If I understand your idea about removing all web feature layers listed at once this functionality already exists in the latest version, 435. Right-click the table of Contents heading "Web feature Layers" and from the context menu select "Remove all". The following documentation page goes over all of the TOC functionality for each layer type.

‎06-17-2025

Hello @DerekBannon22, I cannot really speak to any potential side effects a published web layer might experience if the intended "TypeField" property is cleared. What I can mention is that the upcoming version, 440, contains some new functionality for the "Esri_FeatureLayer" command. Using the command the user can now remove any sublayers used on a WFL resetting the layer to just a primary layer. You could then stop here if satisfied, or, you can set a new subtype on the WFL. This would allow you to leave the published layer as is but change it around within the drawing. - manaGe-sublayers | (If sublayers present) Enter G to be presented with the option to clear the sublayers, which will delete existing sublayers and move all features to the parent layer. This does not result in any modifications to the feature geometries or attributes. You can continue to edit/sync/discard edits of features within the drawing. - Generate-sublayers | (Web feature layers when subtype layers are not present) Enter G to be prompted with a list of fields upon which to define subtype layers. I hope this helps!

‎04-07-2025

Hello @Marc_Graham, To be more clear on this topic, from testing you are describing what occurs when publishing a hosted feature layer to an ArcGIS Enterprise. Please remember we can publish to ArcGIS Online as well. ArcGIS Online allows spaces in the hosted feature layer names therefore ArcGIS for AutoCAD allows a space in the name of the layer. You are correct in that special characters can not be entered in the text box. When a hosted feature layer name contains spaces and is then published to ArcGIS Enterprise ArcGIS for AutoCAD returns the error message you pointed out to inform the user of the behavior and issue.

‎04-03-2025

Hello @Marc_Graham Have you thought about using a field based on of a domain which you could then use as the unique value renderer? This WFL would be added to the drawing with the root layer and sublayers based on the domain values from the field. All layers can then be toggled on/off etc. using basic CAD tools.

‎03-10-2025

Hello @Marc_Graham, So, for this workflow were you would like to add the same web feature layer multiple times to the same drawing is unsupported at this time. At version 435 you can now modify the layer from the previous pre-pended "ESRI_" to a layer name of your choosing that perhaps matches the organizations CAD standards. Web Feature layer properties user interface > Symbol Layer Web Feature Layer templates

‎03-10-2025

Hello @Marc_Graham, Web feature layers contained in a drawing are unsupported when used as an XRef because ArcGIS for AutoCAD cannot track the changes.

‎03-10-2025

Hello @Marc_Graham, We appreciate the feedback with your ArcGIS for AutoCAD workflows. I do not know what version you are currently using but the latest, 435, does actually have the functionality you are asking for here. There are two different locations a user can set the query expression on the web feature layer. For option A: Add data by URL For option B: Web Feature layer properties user interface Web Feature Layer templates I hope this helps.

‎01-23-2025

New functionality The following new functionality has been added to this release: Image layer processing templates- Imagery layers you add to the drawing may have processing templates that you can select between to change the visual display of the imagery and the included information layers. For example, some information layers may include raster functions for vegetation indices, elevation products (such as slope, aspect and hillshade), or image classification results. Configurable symbol layer- You can now specify which AutoCAD layer is used for web feature layers. The specified AutoCAD layer will determine where web features will be draw on and the layer that is tracked when edits are made. Prior to this release all web feature layers were drawn and tracked on AutoCAD layers dictated by ArcGIS for AutoCAD based on the web feature name; prefixed with "esri_". This is still the default behavior, but can now be overridden using the Change Symbol Layer configuration option of the new Web Feature Layer Properties user interface. Query Expression - This is the query you would like to apply to the service when we request features to be drawn. (ex: STATENAME = "TEXAS", in order to only draw features from the state of Texas) You can modify the web feature layer's query expression when you use the Change Query Expression configuration option of the new Web Feature Layer Properties user interface Web feature layer property templates- The various configurable options of a web feature layer can be stored within the current drawing and, or a standard AutoCAD template drawing to jump start these desired properties within new drawings. These properties can be persisted with the drawing and will be used anytime the corresponding web feature layer is added the drawing. Web feature layer property templates are created and saved when you use the Add to Layer Templates configuration option of the new Web Feature Layer Properties user interface Expanded portal authentication support- Standard OAuth, SAML, PKI, IWA, KERBEROS options have been tested successfully. User interface changes New user interfaces and changes to existing interfaces have been made to provide you with control to new capabilities and improvements to using the software as follows: Attachments preview window- has been updated to use webview2 as the preview engine for attachments. This give us better tools to view photos and now lets us preview additional file types such as PDF files. Files that cannot be previewed will be downloaded to your machine. Credential Persistence- You can now save your login credentials so that you don't have to input your login info every time you work with a portal in ArcGIS for AutoCAD. Credentials are stored in an encrypted file in your user folder. Signing out of a portal will clear this file from your machine. Attribute Editor user interface- A combo box has been added to switch between feature layers for a more compact layout. The dialog box now also supports the dark theme setting. Suppressing the splash screen- You now have the option to suppress the display of the splash screen using the application settings JSON file, or using the new Esri_Config command. New ArcGIS for AutoCAD AutoLISP functions and commands New commands and AutoLISP functions have been added to help you in the automation and customization of ArcGIS for AutoCAD as follows: Esri_Config- You now have the option to suppress the ArcGIS for AutoCAD splash screen when the application is loaded and override the creation of curved features when synchronizing curves with a web feature layer. Quality improvements and significant bug fixes Add Data- This release fixes an issue when searching within a group. The groups are now presented in the user interface alphabetically. Table of contents- The layers are now organized alphabetically. Branch versions- You can now add branch web layers that do not include a version management server. These layers are now added as non-branch layer. Check it out on the ArcGIS Online Blog: What's New in ArcGIS for AutoCAD (January 2025)

‎01-08-2025

A new version will be released before the end of this month that contains work around this behavior. Thanks for your patience!

‎01-02-2025

Hello @UbaidGul_opaz, Thanks for using ArcGIS for AutoCAD! Please provide details on the Autodesk product you are using including version number. Also provide a screen capture of the ArcGIS for AutoCAD about box displaying the build number please. The latest version is 430.1.1. Thank you.

‎12-10-2024

Hello @JerseyMorris, Please provide screen captures of the error. Better yet would be a video of the install process.

‎11-18-2024

Hello @BasWest1, While ArcGIS for AutoCAD does not actually support user defined attribute fields as rotation angle fields this is where AutoLISP is a powerful tool alongside ArcGIS for AutoCAD. Using the available AFA API users can write their own LISP method in this case to rotate blocks using attribute values not baked into the software. For those not well versed with AutoLISP the next version of ArcGIS for AutoCAD will be releasing a number of sample LISP methods. While one of these samples is just what you are asking for – to rotate blocks based on a user defined Attribute Value. These samples will be available on GitHub when 435 is released sometime in January 2025. I am not quite sure the rotation angle sample is going to make it in this upcoming release so I am attaching the sample discussing how you might go about doing it in AutoLISP.

‎11-18-2024

Hello @AKRRMapGuy, I am not sure what "extract" tool you are referring to but ArcGIS for AutoCAD output does not display the Map Service data in layout view because printing is not supported. If you need to print one of your map/image layers, you can use the extract command from the context menu by right-clicking on the map layer in the Esri Table of Contents dialog and selecting "extract". There is a resource document for this workflow. ArcGIS for AutoCAD > Manage > Primary user interface > Esri Contents user interface **Search for, “extract”, (then look under “Map and imagery layers..”) which has been and still is the command from AFA to save the image layer as a local file before printing.

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Latest Contributions by DanWade

Re: Better Web Feature Layer (WFL) Management - Status changed to: Needs Clarification

Re: Better Web Feature Layer (WFL) Management

Re: Give users the ability to remove/manage multiple Web Feature Layers at a time

Re: Improving Sync and Load Performance by Clearing the TypeIDField

Re: Prevent the user from creating a service name with spaces when sharing to ArcGIS

Re: Allow the end user to set the Web Feature Layer name on import or afterwards

Re: Allow the end user to set the Web Feature Layer name on import or afterwards

Re: Can ArcGIS for AutoCAD handle Web Feature layers in XREFs

Re: Expose Web Feature Layer definition queries in the GUI

What's new in ArcGIS for AutoCAD 435

Re: unable to sign into portal

Re: unable to sign into portal

Re: Can't install ArcGIS for AutoCAD

Re: Rotation of autocad block with an attribute value.

Re: ArcGIS Image Service Not Plotting In AutoCAD

Re: Configuring Subtypes in ArcGIS for AutoCAD

What's new in ArcGIS for AutoCAD 440

Re: Can ArcGIS for AutoCAD handle Web Feature laye...

Re: Rotation of autocad block with an attribute va...

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