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An application of ArcGIS Pro and also of ArcGIS Desktop 10.x that is used to create, edit and manage models within its Geoprocessing Framework

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Populating field with the name of the input file

I'm using modelbuilder to import a dbf (selected by the user) to a geodatabase and turn it into a feature class for further processing. I would like to be able to populate a field in the imported ...
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Automated Merging using ArcMap

I’m new to working on automating processes with GIS data and I’m trying to come up with a solution in ArcMap that will automate merging polygons that have “Shape Area < 25” into larger polygons. I ...
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Iterating spatial join with multiple merge rules (and then creating raster) in ModelBuilder?

I'm using a Basic licence in ArcGIS Desktop 10.3 with Spatial & 3D Analyst extensions. I have a dbf file which contains point data for several days. I want my final output to be a) a point ...
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Using submodel within model in ArcGIS Desktop

I have two databases 175 shapefiles each I want to clip each one of them using the corresponding shapefile from the second database .. as I can't use two iterators I have to do a nested submodel ...
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Using ModelBuilder to tabulate area of overlapping buffer zones in ArcMap

I'm looking into how much open and close canopy falls within given buffer zones. My buffer zones are a polygon layer created from point sites, but canopy data is a raster with 2 types of data, open or ...
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Iterating over table to create chainages using Python in ModelBuilder

I routinely have to do the following workflow: Map GPS points;- Create lines based on those GPS points; Split the lines at a set interval distance (every 50m, every 100m etc.) Add from / to fields ...
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Event layer not editable when using ModelBuilder in ArcMap

I have created a model using ModelBuilder in ArcMap where points are automatically plotted based on coordinates. I have noticed that the layer cannot be edited and if I try I get the following message;...
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Using ModelBuilder to create different layers by selecting all attributes that intersect each grid index cells

I have a large grid index layer and point layer. I want to use ModelBuilder that will select each cell in the grid index layer, then perform a select by location to select all the points within each ...
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Can't send the string output (from a Python tool) to work as a input for a tool in a model (ArcGIS Pro)

I have a model that uses the Feature Class to Feature Class tool. It needs 3 inputs (Input layer, location and output name). My goal is that a user would choose a layer, the model would create a new ...
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Adding dbfs in ModelBuilder?

I have built a model in ArcGIS ModelBuilder for which the output is several dbfs having five columns. I want to merge all the output dbfs into a 'master' dbf sheet in the model itself. How would I ...
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Calculating values in field to round up to 1 if value is greater than 0 using ArcGIS Field Calculator?

I am prepping vector data for raster conversion and analysis. In order to prep the data I need to have a field that represents data/no data (1/0). I built a model that outputs the necessary features ...
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Iterating feature classes in multiple geodatabases using ModelBuilder?

I have 5 geodatabases. All have a feature dataset that contains a point feature class called "Point" and a line feature class called "Polyline." I want to go through these feature datasets, take only ...
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Calculating forest loss within individual zones

I am using the Hansen forest cover and loss dataset in ArcMap in order to calculate both forest cover and forest loss within specified zones. I basically am using Modelbuilder to iterate through all ...
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Seeking arcpy.SetParameterAsText equivalent in ModelBuilder?

I know it sounds weird, but I would need a tool made with ModelBuilder that output two parameters: a layer a message (a string) The constraint derives from the need to share it as a Geoprocessing ...
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Setting bin size for Zonal Histogram in Arcmap?

I am trying to calculate a Zonal Histogram for distance to the nearest population centre in Arcmap for many different input files using Modelbuilder. As I want to be able to compare the different ...
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local variable 'elevation' referenced before assignment"

I had got this error when I try run Qwater model. "2019-09-15T19:47:05 WARNING Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:/Users/OS10/AppData/Roaming/QGIS/QGIS3\profiles\default/python/...
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Adding attributes from surrounding feature (exclave problem)?

Here is the problem: I am creating polygons based on the result of closest facility tool in Arcmap. Polygons consist of municipalities with the same closest hospital (impedance is a travel time, not ...
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Importing editor toolbar in ArcGIS ModelBuilder?

Is it possible to import editor toolbar in ModelBuilder of ArcGIS? Basically I want to get coordinates of points on a shapefile (line) by randomly selecting, say 10 vertices and then using sketch ...
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Creating daily grid from table using ModelBuilder?

I´m trying to create a daily grid file for precipitation from a xlx table table that has X, Y, P1, P2,..., P365 columns and n gauges rows. I´m new in ModelBuilder but it seems this may be the best ...
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Iterator (Iterate Feature Selection) running loop in undesired path using ArcMap ModelBuilder?

I am building a model using Iterate Feature Selection. I want to run the Iterator -> select by location -> Calculate field, and after finishing this loop (#3 in the image below), I will continue to ...
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Export DBF from shapefile with ModelBuilder (to make a XY event layer)

I'm using ModelBuilder and I need to export a shapefile to a DBF. Usually I go to "table option" and I click to "Export", how can I do it with ModelBuilder? I need to do this process because I have ...
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Multiplying two iterating rasters in ModelBuilder or Python?

I have several Landsat scenes that I wish to remove clouds from. I can do this by multiplying the Landsat layers by their associated cloud layers in the Raster Calculator. How can I set up iterations ...
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Adding minimum point Z of polygon using ArcGIS Field Calculator?

In the middle of a ModelBuilder tool I created, I have a Z enabled feature with multiple polygons. I want to add on a specific field of this feature, the lowest Z value of each polygon. I know this ...
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Loop in ModelBuilder in a specific situation

I would like to make a loop in the next model base on a expression, this expression received a code with consecutive numbers in a reference layer call "sector", to summarize, for each "code" do a "...
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ArcMap ModelBuilder Date query in line substition

I have successfully created the Minimum date and time variable as well as the maximum date and time variable(date datatype). I am only looking 30 seconds in either direction from the record I am ...
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Using Zonal Histogram for each pixel in a raster by creating a buffer?

I was looking to use the Zonal Histogram for each pixel in a raster by creating a buffer (let's say of 500 meters) for a LULC map of 100 meter resolution. I'm using ArcGIS 10.6., Model builder. ...
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Using interactive inputs to Create Fishnet using ModelBuilder?

I'm creating a fully automatic tool in ModelBuilder, and have a problem with the Fishnet function. The tool should work with different files, and the user only needs to choose a specific txt file (...
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Dropping OID column when executing “Table to Table” tool in ArcMap ModelBuilder?

I am creating a ModelBuilder model, and from a feature class I am exporting the final output as .txt with "table to table" tool. (I just want a list of two fields (PID and DIST ). On the tool's field ...
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Multi-Geodatabase Iteration and Kriging

I have a huge number of databases in a single folder that have point data with z-values. I need to go through and pull out the point features from each geodatabase and create DEMs for each. Through ...
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Subsetting one raster based on attributes from another

I am trying to expand existing 'tidal complexes' to include the adjacent 100-year floodplain areas. Both are rasters, and so far I've used Euclidean Allocation to identify the tidal complex closest ...
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How does 'Iterator row selection' function work?

How does the 'Iterator row selection' function work?
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Recalculating Spatial Extent of Subset using ModelBuilder?

I have a feature class of areas that are discontinuous. I want to be able to select each site and then create a fishnet grid (2x2) for each site I specify. I am able to do this except one major step:...
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Selection of duplicate values of column and update of another column based of selection using ModelBuilder?

How to select a row in ModelBuilder if a number appears again in the column "MyName_C"? For the selected features the column "Ausrichtung" should be added with 180. I am working with ArcGIS ...
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Selecting points with specific attributes in ArcMap ModelBuilder?

This is the example of my problem: I need to collect points that are within polygons. There are some polygons that contain more than one point. In this case I need to select one point with a specific ...
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NameError: name '**' not defined in ModelBuilder Calculate Value

This question follows up on Crianopa's answer https://gis.stackexchange.com/a/107687/126329 - I am attempting to do just this, but my model fails at the Calculate value stage. Using the expression ...
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Iterate a clip over multiple feature classes using Model Builder or ArcPy

I have multiple feature classes (buildings, airport, land, roads etc) that I would like to clip using a Local Authority boundary. I am trying to create a process in model builder or Arcpy that will ...
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Specifying distance units in ArcGIS Pro ModelBuilder buffer process

I'm trying to iterate on some buffer distances in ModelBuilder, and I want to be able to set the units in ModelBuilder. I have numeric (double or long) "multivalues", and I can connect the output of ...
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Confusion over when files are saved in ArcGIS Pro ModelBuilder?

I am using the ModelBuilder, as you know there are 2 ways of running: either in the ModelBuilder (1) or as Geoprocessing tool (2) https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/analysis/geoprocessing/...
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Export Table to Excel works in ModelBuilder but not in MXD?

I have created model that take user input from a picklist and then outputs the selected data into an Excel File. When I run the model inside of ModelBuilder it outputs an Excel file that is exactly as ...
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Adding parent folder name to feature name in ArcGIS ModelBuilder?

I have created many shapefiles with the same name and every shapefile is in its own folder with a specific name. For example: folder1\polygon.shp folder2\polygon.shp folder3\polygon.shp And I want ...
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Copying value from file geodatabase field into shapefile field using ModelBuilder? [closed]

Does anyone know how I can pass the value from a field in a file geodatabase to a field in a shapefile using ModelBuilder? I have a Model to do a Definition query via the Select, then use Summary ...
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Automating Replace Multipatch tasks in ArcGIS Pro?

Is there any way to automate the Replace Multipatch tool within the Edit window? I have 600 multipatch features that I am trying to replace with collada files and at the moment I have to do each one ...
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Getting Error 000212: Cannot create XY event source Failed to execute (Make XY Event Layer). using ArcGIS ModelBuilder [duplicate]

I have a model created in ModelBuilder using ArcGIS Desktop that works on PC1 set up with relative paths and workspaces. When I try run it on PC2 I get an error message statin Error 000212: Cannot ...
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Modelbuilder not recognizing table output and throws Error 000732

I am building a tool in ArcGIS Pro Modelbuilder (Pro version 2.2.1) that includes making a drop down list for user input based on the information contained in a domain of a feature class. The three ...
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Getting ERROR 000539 running Raster Calculator in ModelBuilder?

I am trying to run Raster Calculator in ModelBuilder, however I am getting what looks like two errors after my model reaches a certain step: ERROR 000539: Error running I'm not sure if it is a ...
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Merging Rasters within Geodatabase using ModelBuilder in ArcGIS Pro?

I have a geodatabase containing multiple rasters across the same extent with values of either null or 1. The goal is to merge these so where values of 1 overlap, the cell values are aggregated. ...
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Save all temporary and permanent files in just one folder while running a model using ModelBuilder in ArcMap

Is it possible to save all temporary and permanent files thats derived from a model created in ModelBuilder using ArcMap in just one folder thats predefined but with relative path. I am asking this ...
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Setting relative paths to temporary files in ModelBuilder using ArcGIS [duplicate]

I have create a model in modelbuilder using ArcGIS where everything works on my PC but whenever I try run it on a different PC issues arise due to the model trying to save the temporary files to my PC....
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Identify intersections and assign them to one of the features in a single layer

I have a single SHP-layer (12,810 features) and want first of all to identify intersections (incl. duplicates --> features with identical geometries). In the next step I want to delete/clip these ...
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Combining Multiple Rasters from 3 different Folders using ArcGIS Desktop?

I am working with ArcGIS Desktop and have three different raster files I need to merge together. I had no problem finding the Mosaic to New Raster tool, however I have approximately 160 different ...

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