topic Does ArcGIS Pro do something different with shapefiles? in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Does ArcGIS Pro do something different with shapefiles?

JoshSaad1 — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 02:43:17 GMT

I have an old application that unfortunately still requires shapefiles for its mapping data. I ported a GP model from ArcMap to Pro, and now I'm having trouble processing shapefiles in the programs data converter. When I export the shapefiles from ArcMap, I don't have any trouble converting the data.

I've tried using both the Copy Features tool and the Feature Class to Shapefile script in Pro, and it still crashes.

I'm just wondering, does Pro do something different with shapefiles that could be causing this program to crash?

Re: Does ArcGIS Pro do something different with shapefiles?

DanPatterson_Retired — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:11:30 GMT

Are you making sure that the results are going into a folder and that the output has a *.shp file extension?

It is sort of looking for a geodatabase and the *.shp is missing

Re: Does ArcGIS Pro do something different with shapefiles?

JoshSaad1 — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:22:04 GMT

Yes, and yes.

Re: Does ArcGIS Pro do something different with shapefiles?

DanPatterson_Retired — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:36:29 GMT

If you had mention scripts and/or custom toolbox, I would have recommended this.

Analyze Tools For Pro—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop

But the standard recommendations which have been around since the gdb are listed here

Geoprocessing considerations for shapefile output—Appendices | ArcGIS Desktop

A new special note, with not much difference in arcmap...

Shapefiles in ArcGIS Pro—Shapefiles | ArcGIS Desktop

However, did you try this if you are going from a featureclass to a shapefile?

An overview of the To Shapefile toolset—Conversion toolbox | ArcGIS Deskt op

Barring that, Check for special notes in Copy Features and fc to fc... but those conditions that I previously mentioned usually cause these tools to fail.