What's new in the Production Mapping toolbox

The Production Mapping toolbox has significant changes at the 10.1 release. Usability and stability improvements were made to two tools: Magnetic Calculator and Calculate Visual Specifications. The Magnetic Isolines and Apply View tools were removed from the Production Mapping toolbox. A new toolset, Product Library, introduces 11 new tools that help you manage the Product Library.

Toolset changes

• Magnetic Toolset (Cartographic Data)—The Magnetic Isolines tool has been removed from this toolset. This tool was reworked into a geoprocessing model and placed on the ArcGIS Resource Center.
• Product Library toolset—This new toolset contains 11 new tools to help you manage the Product Library.
• Symbology—The Apply View tool has been removed from this toolset. Use the Production Symbology toolbar to manage and apply views. Existing models that use this tool will break at ArcGIS 10.1. You must repair any models that use this tool.

  Learn more about repairing models

New tools

Toolset	Tool	Description
Product Library toolset	Attach Database	Attaches a .mdf file to an instance of SQL Server Express. This creates a geodatabase from the input .mdf file. Detach and attach allow you to move geodatabases between instances of SQL Server Express.
	Checkin File	Checks a file back in to a Product Library.
	Checkout File	Checks out a file from a Product Library.
	Create Product Library	Creates a new product library in a geodatabase.
	Create Production Database	Creates a new production database within a geodatabase. A production database stores tables used by Esri Mapping and Charting Solutions. Esri Production Mapping, Esri Defense Mapping, and the Esri Aeronautical Solution store different data models in their production databases. These data models describe hard-copy maps or charts based on product specifications.
	Detach Database	Detaches a SQL Server Express geodatabase (.mdf).
	Get Local Copy	Gets a local copy of a file stored inside the Product Library. It allows you to view or edit a file without exclusively locking the file in a Product Library. Changes made to the local copy are not tracked in the Product Library.
	List Files	Returns a list of files associated with a node in the Product Library Tree.
	List Items	Returns a list of child items that are associated with a node in the Product Library Tree.
	Upgrade Product Library	Upgrades a product library schema.
	Upgrade Production Database	Upgrades a production database schema. A production database stores tables used by Esri Mapping and Charting Solutions. Esri Production Mapping, Esri Defense Mapping, and the Esri Aeronautical Solution store different data models in their production databases. These data models describe hard-copy maps or charts based on product specifications.

Improved tools

Tool	Improvement
Magnetic Calculator	The tool's signature has changed. Some parameters were removed and others renamed. The following parameters have been removed: in_SQL_Set—Use any selection tools, such as Select Layer By Attribute, to select features. in_linear_unit and in_altitude—These were combined into a single altitude parameter. out_feature_class—The tool calculates magnetic values on the input features only. Use Copy Features to create a copy of Input Features. All individual magnetic field parameters such as in_output_declination_field have been replaced with a value table of field names and magnetic components.
Calculate Visual Specifications	The tool's signature has changed. The selected_only parameter was removed; the tool will run against any existing selection set. Other parameters were renamed.