topic Re: Clip features in model builder and write/save to the input feature class in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/clip-features-in-model-builder-and-write-save-to/m-p/642154#M21424 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You can overwrite original file with the new output or use delete/copy(rename) or you could use split with select and delete selected features...not sure about the last one.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 23 Apr 2014 19:46:33 GMT AmyKlug 2014-04-23T19:46:33Z Clip features in model builder and write/save to the input feature class https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/clip-features-in-model-builder-and-write-save-to/m-p/642153#M21423 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Can anyone help me clip and delete features from a feature class using model builder with interactive input from a user?&nbsp; I have a line feature class as input and I have set up a feature set that will collect the polygon from a&nbsp; user in ArcMap.&nbsp; I want to basically erase these features from the input feature class.&nbsp; I don't however want to use the erase geoprocessing tool because I don't want to create a new output each time the model is executed.&nbsp; Any ideas on how to process and write back to the original feature class would be appreciated.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Brad</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:57:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/clip-features-in-model-builder-and-write-save-to/m-p/642153#M21423 BradBarker 2014-04-23T17:57:24Z Re: Clip features in model builder and write/save to the input feature class https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/clip-features-in-model-builder-and-write-save-to/m-p/642154#M21424 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You can overwrite original file with the new output or use delete/copy(rename) or you could use split with select and delete selected features...not sure about the last one.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 23 Apr 2014 19:46:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/clip-features-in-model-builder-and-write-save-to/m-p/642154#M21424 AmyKlug 2014-04-23T19:46:33Z