How can I use the Buffer Wizard in Modelbuilder or arcpy? (ArcMap 10)

Question

I am creating a model in ArcMap 10 and I need to use the Buffer Wizard tool to create multiple buffers within a polygon feature class. The problem is, I can't seem to place the Buffer Wizard within my model. I can place the Buffer or Multiple Ring Buffer command into my model, but they don't automatically populate a FromBufferDistance or ToBufferDistance value for each ring like the Buffer Wizard does. I need these values for a field calculator equation later in the model. I may be able to get by with just using the Multiple Ring Buffer tool, but it would be much more efficient to use the Buffer Wizard.

If I am unable to include the buffer wizard in my model, is there a way to run it in a script? This seems unlikely, but worth a try.

Thanks

Answer 1

the buffer wizard is a UI functionality. There is no scripting/programming api for it. And it is not a gp tool so it cannot be used in model builder.

Answer 2

Can you not use an iterator in ModelBuilder? for buffering multiple distances?

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00400000001n000000.htm