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Intersect tool running forever. Problem?

VincentDemay

I am trying to intersect 420k lines with 25 lines, but the intersect tool takes forever (over 17 hours). I wonder if it will succeed doing so and I really think ArcGIS is actually stalling. Is there a way to make sure ArcGIS is still running correctly? And why is it taking so long in the first place?

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DanPatterson_Retired

moving to https://community.esri.com/community/gis/analysis/geoprocessing?sr=search&searchId=5c2ee318-c5a3-4400-894d-3a8ee94e8ce4&searchIndex=0‌

VincentDemay

It clipped that feature and reduced it to 39k.

JayantaPoddar

For a feature class with 420k lines, I would keep a little patience. Also I would work on a File GDB or Enterprise GDB, since Shapefile/Personal GDB has memory limitation of < 2 GB.

VincentDemay

Yes, I disabled it and I am now running in Catalog. It still looks like it is stuck at Processing Step 3 out of 16.

Results are showing “Assembling Features…”

JayantaPoddar

Did you check the geoprocessing results window for details

VincentDemay

I am trying using ArcCatalog now. I couldn’t see the new layer showing up in the directory (even though it has been created), so I don’t know how to see how many features are in it.

JayantaPoddar

Adding to dafiter's comment, you could also turn off the background processing. This will ensure you know the progress of the geoprocessing instance, and also is faster than that with Background Processing enabled.

Foreground and background processing

RickeyFight

Are you running it in arcgis desktop or Catalog? It will run a lot faster in Catalog.

You could open arc Catalog and click on the new layer and see how many feature are in it.

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