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we can do a selection by "select by Attribute" and using RtClick on layer --> Data-->Export Data-->Export Selected Features output the selected as .shp format file. Now I am trying to do this in ModelBuilder (Using the NEW_SELECTION type of selection) like :
But I couldn't figure it out what tool I should use to export ONLY the selected part in ModelBuilder.
Can you please let me know what should I use here?
As PolyGeo indicated in the comments, Select will do this in one step. Otherwise, use Copy Features to copy the selected features.
Copies features from the input feature class or layer to a new feature class. If the input is a layer which has a selection, only the selected features will be copied. If the input is a geodatabase feature class or shapefile, all features will be copied.
In this example, it is assumed you dragged the feature layer from the table of contents into your model--otherwise, you will need to incorporate the Make Feature Layer (Data Management) tool.
If you're doing a SQL select the above is fine. If you want to do a Spatial select, for example give me all the roads that intersect with this county polygon (i.e. I'm not wanting to clip the data), then the basic recipe for this not uncommon task:
Data Mgmt Tools > Layers and Table Views > Make Feature Layer Tool (e.g County)
Data Mgmt Tools > Layers and Table Views > Make Feature Layer Tool (e.g Roads)
link those 2 outputs with this next one
Data Mgmt Tools > Layers and Table Views > Select Layer By Location Tool
link selection output to this one
Data Mgmt Tools > Features > Copy Features (e.g. Cnty_Rds)
Reading this back, I missed where Aaron said to use Copy Features. I thought he was saying Copy_management. Anyway..
