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HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

DavidFrench3 — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:45:16 GMT

Hi all,
I am attempting to delineate floodplains (I have already done layer set-up, import RAS, create water surfaces, etc.) and each time I try to use this function, I receive the error:
HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

I have restarted the process with a fresh .mxd and new grids, etc. but receive the same error each time.
Anyone run into the same issue? Have you found a solution or workaround?
Thanks

Re: HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

V_StuartFoote — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:20:01 GMT

David,

Please be more specific about the version of HEC GeoRAS and ArcGIS for Desktop you are using. Also, you need to identify the data types you are working with.

Stuart

Re: HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

DavidFrench3 — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:13:19 GMT

Hi Stuart,
I am using ArcGIS Desktop 10.1 with the HEC-GeoRAS 10.1 toolbar.
I am attempting to delineate floodplains for 2, 10, 25, 50, and 100 year floods using a surface elevation raster GRID. The .gdb, bounding polygons, XS, etc. were created without error, as were the water surface TINs. The error occurs when I attempt to delineate the floodplain (resulting in a raster with cell values indicating water depth)

Re: HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

MattMead — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:40:15 GMT

You can skip the georas floodplain delineation by just using your water surface TIN and a terrain TIN with this tool(link below). Intersect TIN creates a polygon of your floodplain area and a TIN of the depths. I prefer using this over TIN difference/TIN compare because it creates both files at once instead of having to set up two separate processes. It is for older versions of Arc, but still works just fine in 10.1 but it does require 3danalyst extension.

http://resources.esri.com/help/9.3/arcgisdesktop/com/samples/3D_Analyst/Surface_Analysis/Intersect_Tins/88fdf0db-7dc2-44db-8614-8a6b033e12a4.htm

Re: HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

V_StuartFoote — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:53:34 GMT

I am using ArcGIS Desktop 10.1 with the HEC-GeoRAS 10.1 toolbar.

What license of ArcGIS 10.1 for Desktop (Advanced, Stadard, or Basic), and have you applied SP1? Do you have license for 3D analyst and have you activated it from its checkbox on the Customize --> Extensions panel?

What source for the HEC GeoRAS beta toolbar? Current build is 10.1.0.23 (dtd 2013-02-28), what shows for it if you run "appwiz.cpl" from the run box?

Stuart

Re: HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

DavidFrench3 — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:08:06 GMT

Hi Stuart,
I'm running Arcgis 10.1.3143 (Basic license) and have applied SP1.
HEC Geo-RAS is 10.1.0.16 and HEC-RAS 4.1.0

Would updating the HEC Geo-RAS and HEC-RAS add-ins help this issue?
I believe the RAS output files were created with HEC-RAS 4.1.0, would updating my machine (the modeling is done by a different staff member on another machine) result in issues opening/analyzing his/her outputs?

The 3D analyst/spatial analyst extensions are active...

As for using the terrain/water surface TINS, could I then interpolate a raster for depths/velocities somehow? Are the resulting TINs compatible with the other HEC GeoRas functions?

Thanks,
David

Re: HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

DavidFrench3 — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:38:41 GMT

So after troubleshooting over the weekend with no success...I did a complete re-install for HEC-RAS and HEC Geo-RAS and created a new folder/paths for the RAS export files.
Moving everything to a fresh folder with shorter, simple pathnames on my local drive seemed to make things run correctly.
Not sure why this happened all of a sudden, as I've processed other HEC-RAS files without this issue (even the same day as when the issue began).

Thanks for the help and responses. If this comes up again I'll return to this thread for further help!

Cheers,
David

Re: HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

MarkBoucher — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:06:13 GMT

Over time I've collected several "tips" for using Arc Hydro. I summarized them here: http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/48100-ArcHydro-Problem-Solvers?p=270146&viewfull=1#post270146. I have a word version attached at the link.

The simplified names is one of the tips. Also, putting the project on your local C: drive eliminates the drag of the network data back-and-forth and speeds up the processing as well as (possibly) reduces transmission errors.

I've not used GeoRAS yet, but suspect that any project using geoprocessing will benefit from the tips.

Re: HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

JenniferBuchanan — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 17:59:44 GMT

This error happens only when writing across our network, but the floodplain delineation works fine when I run it on my local c drive.

Re: HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

JonathanTercero_Zeledón — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:08:28 GMT

Hey fellows, i have a similar situation ,but working at HEC-HMS ,when we try to create the basin Model ,the program shows a error Message HRESULT E_FAIL has returned from a Call ... Please, give us a recomendation about this issue,

Re: HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

JenniferMcGee — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 21:47:56 GMT

I ran across this error for the first time today and wanted to post what ended up working for me.

Based on other posts I assumed that the file path length was my problem. I typically just remap my project folder to a new drive letter and that solves the issue for most GIS tools. It did not help here. I finally moved my Geo-RAS project folder to my root C drive and then the floodplain delineation worked as it should.

Hope this solution works for others as well.

Re: HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

ZenaidaMorales — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:00:29 GMT

Hey fellows, i have a similar situation ,but working at HEC-HMS ,when we try to create the basin Model ,the program shows a error Message HRESULT E_FAIL has returned from a Call ... Please, give us a recomendation about this issue,

I have the same problem by creating the basin model and the background shape working with HEC-geoHMS. Could you figure out what the problem was? I appreciate all your responses and help you can provide!

Thanks!

Re: HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

MarkBoucher — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 14:28:42 GMT

Sometime back I looked deep in to the bowels of the error log and found that some of the files paths were cut off. It is like reading the Matrix monitor sometimes . You'll understand if you've seen the movie http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/screensaver2013.

I found my original post on this here (part of the problem solver thread linked under my signature):
http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/48100-ArcHydro-Problem-Solvers?p=166587&viewfull=1#post166587

This was not a matter of spaces in the folder or file names, it was a matter of the name being truncated due to length. (I just rechecked the post. It does not appear that the log file itself has a limit in characters. ESRI would know for sure.)

For example, something like this:
P:\GIS USERS - Development\FC\Hydrology\Projects\DA 108\Round_Valley
Would be truncated to this:
P:\GIS USERS - Development\FC\Hydrology\Proje (I don't recall if there was a specific limit on the number of characters.)
I moved my work to another directory, closer to the root like this:
P:\ArcHydro\DA 108\Round_Valley

After the change, the problem went away; even when operating over the network. Still, working over the network tends to produce errors.

Re: HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

ZenaidaMorales — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 06:11:17 GMT

First of all, thank you very much Mark for your quick response!

I'm going to try moving the project to another directory and doing a fresh start. I'll let to know what happened next.

Thanks!

Re: HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

ZenaidaMorales — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:26:34 GMT

Mark, the solution you gave me worked smoothly.
I moved the project from a quite large path to C:\HMS\River and started again from scratch with the Terrain Preprocessing.
Thank you very much for your help!

Re: HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

MarkBoucher — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 15:45:06 GMT

You're welcome!

Re: HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

HectorMayorga — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 03:58:56 GMT

Hola Zenaida que tal? estuve leyendo los comentarias acerca de este error, pero yo lo tengo en HEC HMS, donde me manda el siguiente mensaje cuando quiero exportar mi modelo de cuenca:

Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component
Basin file location=C:\Users......

hay alguna solución para esto? que me recomiendas por favor hacer?

Re: HECGeoRAS Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

DiegoFernando_López_Cuenca — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 04:42:30 GMT

Mark, thank you very much. It also worked for me.

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