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I have about 1000 layers, I did select by attributes Batch files and select by one step features I need in all 1000 layers. Now I need to draw the envelope for those selected features in all 1000 layers in one step.
There is an option in a single layer process for draw envelope in selected features only by 
, but in the Batch files, I can not find this option, what can I do?
This is a workaround, which divides your workflow into three-steps.
(1) Go back to your original layers, and start the Field Calculator. Add a new field using the expression you have used in the Select by attributes.
The new field can be anything, but let's assume we have just created value field with only 0 and 1; and 1 represents the features you have selected.
(2) Run the Minimum bounding geomtry tool in the Batch mode.
Now you can use value field in the Field (optional, see if features should be grouped by class) and the tool will create Envelopes for both selected (1) and un-selected (0).
(3) Apparently we need to remove envelopes for the un-selected features.
Start Extract by attributes tool. value = 1 is the wanted features. Ignore Extracted (un-matching) column.
NB. You can use Extract by attributes tool (step 3) before Minimum bounding geometry tool (step 2). Perhaps it is faster than the above workflow.
