Latest Contributions by ChrisFox

Data Driven Pages has the ability to set unique scale for each page with the use of Data Driven Scale. All you need is a numeric field in your index layer that contains the scale you wish to use for that page. For example if the first row in your index layer has a value of 1,000 the page will center the extent of the page on the center of the extent of the first row's feature and set the scale to 1:1,000. If the second row is 100,000 it wil center the extent again for that feature and set the scale to 1:100,000. To enable Data Driven Scale from the Setup Data Driven Pages dialog under the Extent tab select the radio button next to Data Driven Scale and select the appropriate field that will contain the extent values. ... View more

Unfortunately you will not be able to edit, create, import or export bookmarks with arcpy at 10.1. There is a new function, ListBookmarks that will return a list of tuples that contain the bookmark name and associated extent object for workflows where you may want to create a map series based on the extents defined by the bookmarks in the map document. ... View more

It would be pretty straight-forward to do this through Python with Field Mapping, but the issue would be Field Aliases don't have the same restrictions as field names do such as names with spaces, contain invalid charaters not to mention you can have multiple fields with the same alias name. ... View more

At 10.1 you will be able to do this through python as you can utilize the new ListBookmarks function to return a list of extents of your bookmarks and in a loop adjust the extent of your data frame based on the extent of each bookmark. ... View more

Thank you for posting this idea. There is a georocessing tool, "Export Metadata Multiple" that allows you to input multiple ArcGIS items and export all the Metadata to a single folder. ... View more

Thank you for posting your idea, you can set this from Editor > Options > Units. The default direction type is Polar, but you could set it to North or South Azimuth based on your needs. More information on this is available in the help topics below: http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/About_direction_measuring_systems_and_units/001t00000009000000/ http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Setting_the_direction_type_and_units_used_when_editing/001t0000000m000000/ ... View more

Thank you for posting your idea. Although this is not possible through the user interface this is possible through Python. Below is a sample script that demonstrates how you can accomplish this: import arcpy, os #Create a reference to your map document and the Graphic Element in the map document #"GraphicElementName" refers to the name of the element in the map document mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r'C:\Temp\Untitled.mxd') graphic = arcpy.mapping.ListLayoutElements(mxd, "GRAPHIC_ELEMENT", "GraphicElementName")[0] #Create a list of the page numbers to include the graphic on includePicPageList = [2,4] #Set a location for a temporary pdf used to create the mapbook tempPDF = r'C:\Temp\Temp.pdf' #Determine if the Final PDF exists on disk, if it does delete it and then create the PDF finalPDFPath = r'C:\Temp\Final.pdf' if os.path.exists(finalPDFPath):     os.remove(finalPDFPath) finalPDF = arcpy.mapping.PDFDocumentCreate(finalPDFPath) for pageNum in range (1, 5):     #Set graphic's postion off the page     graphic.elementPositionX = -5     graphic.elementPositionY = -5         #Move to the approiate page in Data Driven Pages     mxd.dataDrivenPages.currentPageID = pageNum     #Determine if the current page is in the list of valid pages to include the graphic      for includePicPage in includePicPageList:         if includePicPage == pageNum:             #If the page is in the page list, set the postion of the graphic to be on the page             graphic.elementPositionX = 1             graphic.elementPositionY = 1     #Export the page to the temporary PDF                arcpy.mapping.ExportToPDF(mxd, tempPDF)     #Append it to the Final PDF and delete the temporary page        finalPDF.appendPages(tempPDF)     os.remove(tempPDF) #Save the pdf and delete the reference to the PDF and Map Document variables finalPDF.saveAndClose() del finalPDF, mxd ... View more

Thank you for posting your idea and lending your support to this enhancement.  I uploaded a sample tool that demonstrates this functionality for the Cut Polygon tool.  What the tool does is if you attempt to cut a polygon and it fails for whatever reason you recieve the error message and the option to continue your sketch. Currently it only works with one selected polygon and I don't have anything for Reshape Feature, but the source code is out there and I would encourage anyone else out there who is interested to take a stab at enhancing it for these functions to take a stab at it. Cut Polygon and Save Sketch Tool ... View more

Thank you for posting your idea. I am not sure I completely understand the request. Would you be able to provide additional details regarding your workflow and what is currently lacking in the software? ... View more

Another tool I use frequently is all the time is jing, http://www.techsmith.com/jing/. It automatically recognizes the individual windows in ArcMap including the data frame and allows quick capture and sharing of the contents in the window. ... View more

Thank you for posting your idea. As a thought of one way you could accomplish this workflow you might consider using a tool like intersect or Union to create one output from multiple layers. The output would contain unique features for every combination of overlapping features from the inputs and have the attributes of each giving you more precise locations to center on and access to greater information in the dynamic text. ... View more

Yes, that is correct. Currently for all geodatabases other than file geodatabases you will not see the size or data modified of individual feature classes. You might consider logging an idea specific to getting this information for feature classes in geodatabases other than file geodatabase. ... View more

Thank you for posting your idea. I believe what you are looking for can already be accomplished. To enable display of these items go to Customize > ArcCatalog Options > Contents in ArcGIS 10 or Tools > Options > Contents in previous versions and check on Size, and Modified under "Which standard columns do you want to show in Details view?". Some of the other information regarding when the data was first created or who the Author or Contact is for the data may make more sense to be documented in the data's metadata. Up to date metadata is a great way to deocument and deter questions regarding all aspects of the data. ... View more

Hi ramong, I believe you can accomplish this workflow by going to the Data Frame Properties > Data Frame > Clipping Options > Clip to Shape. Next click specify shape and in the Data Frame Clipping Dialog select Outline of Features and select your polygon layer. Next you can click exclude layers to exclude all other layers than the points and the output will be showing only the points inside the polygon. ... View more

Thank you for posting your idea. A couple things I think are worth mentioning in regards to this at ArcGIS 10. First in the table of contents you now have the ability to sort the layers by layer name (alphabetically) or by the order they are drawn in, so you will have some control over this in the TOC. Second when you start editing, the list of layers is now presented in alphabetical order. Finally, to make it even easier now at ArcGIS 10 you can just right-click the layer you want to edit and go to Edit Features > Start Editing. This will automatically make that layer editable and every other layer in the same workspace as that layer editable. This will save you time of having to select the right layer by going to Editor > Start Editing. ... View more