[gpl_list] Problem with drawing in ArcGIS

[Diana Walker]

Hi Chris,
Rebuilding the index did the job.
Also coping into a new directory or putting the shapefile into a file  
geodatabase worked.

Thanks all for the help.

Diana
On May 7, 2009, at 8:35 AM, BRADBERRY Chris wrote:

> Diana,
>
> Have you tried to rebuild the index?  Sounds like an index problem.
>
> Chris
>
> From: gpl_list-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:gpl_list- 
> bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Diana Walker
> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 4:51 PM
> To: gpl_list gpl_list
> Subject: [gpl_list] Problem with drawing in ArcGIS
>
> Hi,
> Have any of you had this problem?
>
> Add the shapefile watercourses to a new ArcMap session.  You are  
> zoomed out to the whole state. The file draws correctly.
> You zoom in and it will not draw, nothing happens.  No spinning  
> world, nothin'
> You open ArcCatalog, preview the same shapefile at the state  
> level.  It draws.  You zoom in, nothing.
> You copy this shapefile in ArcCatalog to another directory (from g:/ 
> geolib/hydro to g:/geolib/admin)
> The shapefile you copied draws perfectly, whole state or zoomed  
> in.  Add the copied file to the ArcMap session it acts normal.
> The watercourse shapefile worked just fine the day before from the  
> g:/geolib/hydro directory.
> Checked with IS and nothing has been done to the system from one  
> day to the next.
> The other strange thing is the watercourses shapefile is on 3  
> different drives and 2 of the three would not let you see it zoomed  
> in.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Diana
> Diana L. Walker
> GIS Coordinator
> Oregon Department of Agriculture
> Natural Resources Division
> (503) 986-4788
> dlwalker at oda.state.or.us
>
>

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