I was receiving this error when copying and pasting data.........
FROM
a feature class with spatial records in only a geographic coordinate system (GCS) (wkid 4326) with NO projected coordinate system (PCS) assigned:
TO
a feature class that did have PCS wkid 3857 assigned, along with GCS wkid 4326.
paste features failed the coordinates or measures are out of bounds
1
First, I took a backup of the FROM FC by exporting to a file gdb.
2
I tried Defining a PCS of wkid 3857 to the FROM FC using the 'Define Projection' GP Tool.
Didn't work
3
I tried removing m and z values.
Didn't work
4
Then I recalculated the extent.
Didn't work.
5
Then I imported extent from a feature class with a bigger extent in which the copy and paste worked.
Tried the copy and paste, and didn't work.
My guess as to why redefining the extent was not working is because the existing Domain, Resolution, and Tolerance xy values were already too restricting, and did not allow a fc with only a GCS in decimal degrees with its' broad extent to fit into its' extent.
As the Esri doc says, you can modify the extent, but it still must be smaller than the Domain bounding box.
6
I created a file gdb fc with PCS wkid 3857, with GCS wkid 4326, and created six points at the extremities of the 'imagery hybrid' Esri basemap.
I figured that then, I could import this extent into the FROM feature class, since I made the data so spread out.
Didn't work.
7
The only solution I had was to delete the FC that experienced this issue, and make a brand new feature class with the correct PCS (wkid 3857 in my case), which also included the GCS of wkid 4326 with it.
Then, try to copy and paste on the blank fc.
Now the copy/paste worked.