Available with 3D Analyst license.
If you have finished authoring your layers and want to generate a group cache layer to speed up rendering, you can use the layer's context menu to specify your group cache settings.
See When to use a group layer cache for assistance in choosing the cache option.
- Click the List Including Group Layers
button in the table of contents.
- Right-click the group layer and click Group Cache Settings.
- Check the applicable group layer cache option check box.
- You want to keep the child layers separate and active.
- Your document contains images.
- Your document contains layers of different types, resolutions, and visibilities.
- You want the group layer to draw similar to ArcMap.
- You do not want the child layers to have an active cache.
- You have child layers with potentially conflicting labels.
- You have multiple layers that work well together such as background layers.
- Click OK to close the Group Cache Settings dialog box.
The cache is generated for the group layer.
- Click the List By Type
button in the table of contents to verify that the group cache layer was added.
| Group Cache Option | Description |
|---|---|
Merge child layers (consolidates the rendering cache for the group layer) | Choose this option if |
Rasterize the group layer (rasterizes the entire group layer into a single image) | Choose this option if |
If you choose the Rasterize option, you can also open the Layer Properties dialog box for the newly generated group layer cache and define a cell size from the Cache tab.