Setting up ArcMap on FlexIT
Important information
FlexIT uses file redirection so when ArcMap starts a Geodatabase gets created on your H: drive which isn’t the best for performance. However, it is possible to create a local default Geodatabase and improve things.
Instructions
1. In FlexIT open ArcCatalog first to create a new default geodatabase
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2. Right click on Folder Connections and select Connect to Folder...
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3. Highlight your name, make sure the folder has C:\users\username and click OK
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4. On the right hand pane, click into Documents.
5. Right click and select New then File Geodatabase
6. Type in the name you want and press OK
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7. Now you can use ArcMap. Exit out of ArcCatalog
8. Start ArcMap
9. When the new map box comes up use the steps shown in the graphic below:
- Browse to find a new default geodatabase
- Change to C:\users\username\documents
- Select the new geodatabase you created and click Add
- Click OK
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This will hopefully give you better performance when using ArcGIS on FlexIT. Please also make sure that you put your data on H: drive and do not use it from your local computer’s C: drive. If you are using ArcGIS data on your local computer’s C: drive the performance will be very slow as every file read or write has to go over the internet.