Appending slave features to master-slave relationships (Maritime Charting)

As part of maintaining data, you may need to add new slave features to existing master-slave relationships. This could be the result of new equipment being installed on an existing structural feature.

Steps:

1. Start ArcMap.
2. On the main menu, click Customize > Toolbars > Production Editing.
3. On the main menu, click Customize > Toolbars > Nautical.
4. Click the Production Start Editing button on the Production Editing toolbar.
   Note:

   The Manage Features and Create Attributes, Update Attributes, or Metadata Attributes windows automatically appear when you start an edit session using the Production Start Editing tool.

   Tip:

   If the Create Attributes, Update Attributes, or Metadata Attributes window does not appear when you start an edit session, click the Show/Hide Attributes button on the Manage Features window.

5. Click the Relationship Manager tool on the Nautical toolbar.

   The Relationship Manager window appears

   
6. Right-click the master feature to append to in the Relationship Manager window tree view and click Start Append.

7. Select the feature to append to the master-slave relationship.
8. Right-click the same master feature and click Do Append.
9. Repeat steps 7–8 for all slave features you want to append.
10. After you finish appending slaves, right-click the master feature again and click Stop Append.
    Tip:

    Optionally, you may want to use the Show Available Slaves command in the shortcut menu. This evaluates potential slave features that are spatially co-located with an existing master feature (points only). When potential slave features are found, you can add them to master features.