Latest Contributions by ChristopherGraf

All of the outputs have the intermediate data button faded. We've decided that too much time is being taken up on this issue and we just want the project to be done and usable for others. I have a new problem now for clients. I had it working just how I wanted to in the Model Builder. Unfortunately, it does not work when called in ArcMap reguarly. The user is supposed to input a Project Selection Layer and where it wants it to be outputed. Within the model, there is a Feature to Geodatabase and a Table to dBASE. The Add Field after the Feature to Geodatabase and the Make XY Event Layer after the Table to dBASE could not take any input until the model was run up to that point, because the geodatabase and the .dbf didn't exist. So when I client is using this for the first time with a different project selection layer, it says that database and .dbf do not exist and cannot run it. How can I transfer those input that should be seen in the model? I realize this is totally different than what I was asking before. Again, thank you so much for your help. I will most likely be doing a separate post for this problem, since it is so unrelated to my previous one.    - Chris ... View more

Mark,        I was not aware that I could build a deletion in the model myself. I will most likely try that technique sometime tomorrow if the other things I have been trying do not pan out. I have also yet to try your earlier suggestions. Be assured that I do appreciate the advice and will most likely be trying all of them out soon. Shitij,        I tried to turn my outputs into intermediate data, but the button is faded out on all of them. Clicking it does nothing. I can't imagine what is in my model that would make them unable to be turned into intermediate data. I'm still looking into the subject.     Thank you both again for the help. Hopefully I'll eventually be able to take down this project.     - Chris ... View more

Shitij,     I tried your suggestion on using a workspace variable and making it a model parameter. Unfortunately, it did not work. I also reasearched into the %scratchGDB% and the %scratchFolder% as you suggested. In both cases the client would have to do their own deletion clean-up and that is not want I need. Thanks again for your suggestions though. To answer your question, I set up the scratchworkspace in both the ArcMap and the model itself. At least, in the model itself I have clicked the %scratchworkspace% check box. I don't know much about how this works, if that is what you meant.     - Chris ... View more

Hey Shitij,      Thanks for the advice. I will try out your suggestions and see if any of those help me out. Meanwhile, this is what happens in my model when I first try to use the %scratchworkspace%. Thanks again.      - Chris ... View more

I got everything to work and export to CAD, except the Lot points didn't have the numbers over them because in the template I have to use, the field is 00, but the field I added was x00, because ModelBuilder would not allow me to add a field name starting with a number. Manually, I can add a field name 00 to a shapefile, but not in the model. At one point I was also able to add field 00, AFTER I used Table to dBASE to change the feature to a table, and then calculated the fields after Make XY Event Layer. For some reason then, I got the Lot points and the numbers over, but the CentroidY came out as 0's, so it was just a horizontal line with numbers. Since then I validated the model and NOW it won't let me add the field '00' after the table.   I don't know how else to fix what seem like minor things. Any ideas? ... View more

I used Table to dBASE to turn my feature class into a table, then Make XY Event Layer to make a point layer out of the table. My problem now is that I can't physically find the Layer in ArcMap. I thought that didn't matter, so I went ahead and tried to finish with Export to CAD, but I get 2 errors. One saying it cannot read the Seed I give it, and another saying the output cannot be created. I would like to test Export to CAD manually to see that works, but I can't because I can't find the Layer. Any ideas? ... View more

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I figured out my problem. I was trying to calculate the centroids AFTER I brought it over to a table, so in the model I was trying to calculate the centroids of a table, which doesn't exist.... ... View more

I have used many different iterations of expressions trying to use the CalculateField tool, including the example shown on the link, but even when it seems to run correctly, I get all 0's as the calculated result for all the centroids, which I know is not correct. ... View more

Also, I am in ArcMap 10.1 ... View more

Calculate Geometry is not a tool. I can right click and use it, but I am trying to make it automatic. The purpose of this is to save time for when field workers have new data they want to put into CAD. This is the process my boss has done many times manually, but now wants automated to save time and effort. ... View more

Misinterpreted instructions given to me. What I am actually doing now is intersecting two feature classes, adding 5 fields, exporting those fields to a separate table, calculating cendroid, bringing those fields back into the intersecting feature class, making a point feautre class, and exporting all the info to CAD. I am also using ArcGIS model builder for now, but will use script or anything else if I have to. Just need to get the job done. If you have any advice for this, I would be greatful. If not, good luck with your project. ... View more