topic ModelBuilder in User Conference Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/user-conference-questions/modelbuilder/m-p/698944#M1023 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Dear All.</P><P></P><P>I'm terrebly sorry for stupid questions but I'm lost. I can't find a tool to save my shape file as mxd under ModelBuilder. Is it possible to do this?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 Aug 2014 19:27:08 GMT NickPopow 2014-08-26T19:27:08Z ModelBuilder https://community.esri.com/t5/user-conference-questions/modelbuilder/m-p/698944#M1023 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Dear All.</P><P></P><P>I'm terrebly sorry for stupid questions but I'm lost. I can't find a tool to save my shape file as mxd under ModelBuilder. Is it possible to do this?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 Aug 2014 19:27:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/user-conference-questions/modelbuilder/m-p/698944#M1023 NickPopow 2014-08-26T19:27:08Z Re: ModelBuilder https://community.esri.com/t5/user-conference-questions/modelbuilder/m-p/698945#M1024 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Nick,</P><P></P><P>An MXD is a configuration file for ArcMap.&nbsp; A shapefile is a legacy data structure from the mid-1990s which can be added to an ArcMap session and used as one of many data sources.&nbsp; If you then save the ArcMap session to an MXD, then the next time you open the MXD with ArcMap the shapefile will be available as a layer in the ArcMap session.&nbsp; I hope that helps explain the relationship between MXDs and shapefiles.</P><P></P><P>I find the Esri free online training to be an excellent way to find my way:</P><P></P><P><A href="http://training.esri.com/gateway/index.cfm?fa=catalog.webCourseDetail&amp;courseid=2500" title="http://training.esri.com/gateway/index.cfm?fa=catalog.webCourseDetail&amp;courseid=2500">Esri Training | Getting Started with GIS</A> </P><P></P><P>Good luck,</P><P>tim</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 Aug 2014 19:46:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/user-conference-questions/modelbuilder/m-p/698945#M1024 TimMinter 2014-08-26T19:46:30Z