Latest Contributions by DavidBarnes

See in the Symbol Property Editor in your second screenshot, where it shows the symbol's layers in the lower left? That's what I meant by drawing each layer. If you have Join checked on it will draw one symbol layer for all features using that symbol, then it will draw the other symbol layer for all features. The dissolve example in the help draws the outlines first and then draws the fill on top. That covers up the outlines. They're still there, you just don't see them because they are covered. I expect the Parking_Public and Bridge symbols in your roads layer are single layer symbols. If you look at the Symbol Property Editor for those I would expect to see only a single layer in the Layers pane in the lower left of that dialog. Are you trying to dissolve the interior lines for each type while still keeping the outline around the entire type? If so, it will only do that for features that actually touch each other, and the fill needs to be a solid color so it can cover the lines. I can't tell if your feature classes, like Freeway and "all other values", have a white fill or no fill/no color. ... View more