topic Workflow to create featues from file in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/workflow-to-create-featues-from-file/m-p/722716#M23946 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Dear all,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>bear with me if I don't use the right terms in my question, but this is a totaly new topic for me and I have absolutely no clue where to start <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":face_with_open_mouth:">😮</span></SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>To start with, I have a raster map. This raster map shall get an additional layer showing a large number of circles at given points of a given diameter.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I can create a feature class, add it as a layer to my map, and draw my circles using ArcMap editing functions. However, I have the coordinates of the circles (x/y of center and diameter) in a text file&nbsp; and I need to automate the creation of the features.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I was told to create a model using model builder, but looking at the available functions in the toolbox I do not know were to start and what to use.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you, Manfred (clueless)</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 24 Jul 2011 02:05:20 GMT ManfredBendisch 2011-07-24T02:05:20Z Workflow to create featues from file https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/workflow-to-create-featues-from-file/m-p/722716#M23946 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Dear all,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>bear with me if I don't use the right terms in my question, but this is a totaly new topic for me and I have absolutely no clue where to start <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":face_with_open_mouth:">😮</span></SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>To start with, I have a raster map. This raster map shall get an additional layer showing a large number of circles at given points of a given diameter.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I can create a feature class, add it as a layer to my map, and draw my circles using ArcMap editing functions. However, I have the coordinates of the circles (x/y of center and diameter) in a text file&nbsp; and I need to automate the creation of the features.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I was told to create a model using model builder, but looking at the available functions in the toolbox I do not know were to start and what to use.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you, Manfred (clueless)</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 24 Jul 2011 02:05:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/workflow-to-create-featues-from-file/m-p/722716#M23946 ManfredBendisch 2011-07-24T02:05:20Z Re: Workflow to create featues from file https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/workflow-to-create-featues-from-file/m-p/722717#M23947 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'd start with the </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Make_XY_Event_Layer/00170000006z000000/">Make XY Event Layer</A><SPAN> tool to create a point feature class of you X &amp; Y data.&nbsp; Then use the </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Buffer/000800000019000000/">Buffer </A><SPAN>tool to create your circles, using the point layer created by Make XY Event Layer</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:58:35 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/workflow-to-create-featues-from-file/m-p/722717#M23947 DaleHoneycutt 2011-07-25T15:58:35Z