Save in-memory features

Features that are created by the OpenSpirit extension are created as in-memory features. This is done so that spatial data is not duplicated unless explicitly desired.  There are, however, times when you want to save these features for later use.  You may  choose to save in-memory features by clicking on this OpenSpirit toolbar button:

This dialog will then be displayed:

You may then choose whether you want to save the features to ArcSDE (requires ArcEdit license) , File Geodatabase, or shape files.  You may also select which feature classes you wish to save and what the saved feature class name will be.  As the new permanent feature classes are created the in-memory feature classes are removed from the map and the new saved feature classes added to the map.

If you try to exit ArcGIS and there are any unsaved in-memory feature classes you will be given a chance to save them before ArcGIS is closed.

Saving the ArcMap project will NOT save the in-memory features- you will need to do this explicitly as mentioned above.

Different storage options impose different constraints:

•  If features are being persisted to SDE, names should not conflict with Oracle reserved words and keywords.
•  If features are being persisted to SDE, names should not be more than 25 characters.
•  If features are being persisted to ShapeFiles, names should be less than 10 characters.
•  If features are being persisted to File Geodatabase, should not use any of the following for name: ADD, ALTER, AND, AS, ASC, BETWEEN, BY, COLUMN, CREATE, DATE, DELETE, DESC, DROP, EXISTS, FOR,FROM, IN, INSERT, INTO, IS, LIKE, NOT, NULL, OR, ORDER, SELECT, SET, TABLE, UPDATE, VALUES and WHERE.