Removing feature representation overrides

This topic applies to ArcEditor and ArcInfo only.

Representation rules dictate the way feature representations are drawn. If it becomes necessary to make exceptions to these rules for individual feature representations, each property of the rule can be overridden while editing. In some cases, it may become necessary to revert to the depiction of the feature as dictated by the rule after overrides have been made. You can do this individually or remove all overrides on the selected features at once.

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Representation property overrides

Representation properties are followed by one of two icons in the Representation Properties window when a representation property override is present:

• The Override icon indicates that the representation property has been overridden from its default value.
• The Explicit Field Override icon indicates that the representation property references a field in the feature class table, and its value is different from the default value specified in the representation rule.

Representation shape overrides

The Representation Properties window includes the Erase Shape Override button when a shape override is present:

How to remove a single property override

1. In an edit session, select a feature representation.
2. Open the Representation Properties window by clicking the Representation Properties button on the Representation toolbar.
3. Click the Drawing tab on the Representation Properties window to see all the properties of the representation rule as applied to the selected feature representation.
4. Click the Override icon or the Explicit Field Override icon to revert the property to the default value in the representation rule.

Caution:

Removing the override of a property mapped to an explicit field (that is, clicking the Explicit Field Override icon ) will change the value in that field to NULL. The property then will follow the default value specified in the rule.

How to remove all property overrides from a feature representation

1. In an edit session, select one or more feature representations.
2. Open the Representation Properties window by clicking the Representation Properties button on the Representation toolbar.
3. On the Representation toolbar, click Representation > Clear Property Overrides.

Tip:

Alternatively, you can use the Remove Override geoprocessing tool with the REPRESENTATION_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE Remove Option to remove all of the property overrides from a feature representation.

How to remove a shape override

1. In an edit session, select a feature representation.
2. Open the Representation Properties window by clicking the Representation Properties button on the Representation toolbar.
3. Click the Drawing tab on the Representation Properties window to see all the properties of the representation rule as applied to the selected feature representation.
4. If a shape override is present on the selected feature, the Erase Shape Override button appears. Click it to remove the shape override and draw the feature representation with the default geometry stored in the Shape field.

Tip:

Alternatively, do one of the following:

• Click the Representation arrow on the Representation toolbar and click Clear Shape Overrides to remove a shape override.
• Use the Remove Override geoprocessing tool with the GEOMETRY_OVERRIDE Remove Option.