topic Re: Minimum Bounding Volume Tool Error in Model Builder ArcGIS Pro 2.5 in ModelBuilder Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-questions/minimum-bounding-volume-tool-error-in-model/m-p/820385#M688 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Of course THANK YOU!&nbsp; I have been so focused on stringing other models together, I didn't even think of setting an extent.&nbsp; Such an obvious workaround.&nbsp; Now the trick is to see if this works with a Feature Set in a Geoprocessing Service...</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 07 Nov 2020 20:30:41 GMT Anonymous User 2020-11-07T20:30:41Z Minimum Bounding Volume Tool Error in Model Builder ArcGIS Pro 2.5 https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-questions/minimum-bounding-volume-tool-error-in-model/m-p/820383#M686 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am attempting to create Minimum Bounding Volumes from clipped point features that have Z values, but the Minimum Bounding Volume Tool will not accept any 'modified' point feature as input in Model Builder (ArcGIS Pro 2.5)<EM> until I run the tool and generate the clipped points first</EM>. Of course this defeats the purpose of the model, as I wanted to publish this as a geoprocessing service in a Web App.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>I get this error:&nbsp; <STRONG>00241: The specified pathname or file type is invalid for the required input.</STRONG>&nbsp;My points are derived from a Multipoint feature.&nbsp; I spoke with an ESRI expert about this at length and tried multiple avenues and they believe this is a bug, after observing my model's behavior.&nbsp; Again, Minimum Bounding Volume will accept PilePts as input after they are created, but not otherwise.</P><P></P><P>I can input the <EM>unmodified</EM> point features no problem, without clipping, as shown below.&nbsp; So I do not believe this is a data type issue.&nbsp; But I don't see where I would put a precondition in either.&nbsp; I am not using any additional parameters in the MBV Tool, so this should be simple.&nbsp; My pathnames are fine (the Output Name variable is there, just not visible in the image). I have tried this in a folder and a file geodatabase.</P><P></P><P>Has anyone experienced this same issue with this or another tool?<IMG __jive_id="512721" alt="Minimum Bounding Volume Tool error" class="jive-emoji image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/512721_MBV_Error.PNG" />.</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 07 Nov 2020 19:39:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-questions/minimum-bounding-volume-tool-error-in-model/m-p/820383#M686 Anonymous User 2020-11-07T19:39:01Z Re: Minimum Bounding Volume Tool Error in Model Builder ArcGIS Pro 2.5 https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-questions/minimum-bounding-volume-tool-error-in-model/m-p/820384#M687 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can you cheat it by using an Environment Variable (Processing Extent) on Points_with_Z, and have it as a parameter?</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 07 Nov 2020 20:03:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-questions/minimum-bounding-volume-tool-error-in-model/m-p/820384#M687 DavidPike 2020-11-07T20:03:23Z Re: Minimum Bounding Volume Tool Error in Model Builder ArcGIS Pro 2.5 https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-questions/minimum-bounding-volume-tool-error-in-model/m-p/820385#M688 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Of course THANK YOU!&nbsp; I have been so focused on stringing other models together, I didn't even think of setting an extent.&nbsp; Such an obvious workaround.&nbsp; Now the trick is to see if this works with a Feature Set in a Geoprocessing Service...</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 07 Nov 2020 20:30:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-questions/minimum-bounding-volume-tool-error-in-model/m-p/820385#M688 Anonymous User 2020-11-07T20:30:41Z