ModelBuilder for listing and exporting GDB contents

Question

I currently generate a list of the feature classes in a gdb using a submodel with a feature class iterator and use Collect Values to make a multivalue list of the fc names.

My problem comes with trying to send the list to Conversion Tools-->To Shapefile-->Feature Class To Shapefile (multiple) as it only accepts Feature Layers as input. I am unable to figure out how to manufacture multiple feature layers from the Collect Values output parameter from the submodel.

Answer 1

Not sure on the interactive picking, but you could use a 'Feature Classes' iterator, and then make a list from the 'names' box, and then pass that to your user. How to let people pick, I can't speculate. Once you've got the list they want, use a 'Multivalue' iterator for all those filenames, and export them.