topic Re: ArcHydro doesn't output to shapefile in Water Resources Questions

ArcHydro doesn't output to shapefile

StacieWolny — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:36:40 GMT

Hi, all -

I just spent way too much time debugging something that I probably should have known, so wanted to post it here in case it saves someone else time.

In a nutshell, ArcHydro does not output to shapefiles, only geodatabases. And if you specify a shapefile as the output to something like Batch Watershed Delineation, you get an error like this:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80004005): Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component.
at ESRI.ArcGIS.Geoprocessing.GeoProcessorClass.Execute(String Name, IVariantArray ipValues, ITrackCancel pTrackCancel)
at ESRI.APWR.ApHydro.GDBHelper.AddFieldGP(ApLayer apLayer, String fieldTag, String& exMessage) in C:\Projects\10_Final\ArcHydroTools\src\ApHydro\GDBHelper.vb:line 1307

I love ArcHydro, but do wish that the error messages were more user-friendly.

~ Stacie

Re: ArcHydro doesn't output to shapefile

TanyaCamacho — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:23:00 GMT

"System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80004005): Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component.
at ESRI.ArcGIS.Geoprocessing.GeoProcessorClass.Execute(String Name, IVariantArray ipValues, ITrackCancel pTrackCancel)
at ESRI.APWR.ApHydro.GDBHelper.AddFieldGP(ApLayer apLayer, String fieldTag, String& exMessage) in C:\Projects\10_Final\ArcHydroTools\src\ApHydro\GDBHelper.vb:line 1307"

How did you resolve the error above? I've completed the steps outlined by Mark Boucher in addition to running a Registry Editor. My target locations (set through ArcToolbox and in ApUtilities) are pathed to a personal geodatabase for vector, and a project folder for raster. I'm unsure why it's prompting an export to shapefile if I've given a database path. Perhaps there's something I'm overlooking.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!

Re: ArcHydro doesn't output to shapefile

StacieWolny — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:09:28 GMT

I resolved the error by specifying a geodatabase layer as the output instead of a shapefile. Using Arc 10 and ArcHydro 2, run the commands from ArcToolbox. The output filename should look something like this:

D:\GIS\Ecuador\ecuador_w74.gdb\Layers\AdjointCatchment

not this:

D:\GIS\Ecuador\output\AdjointCatchment.shp

That's all I had to do...

~ Stacie

Re: ArcHydro doesn't output to shapefile

TanyaCamacho — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:49:03 GMT

I tried to run the process from ArcToolbox, (using ArcHydro V.2.1.0.27 on a Windows 7, SP2 machine), but I received the following error.

"System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80004005): Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component.
   at ESRI.ArcGIS.Geoprocessing.GeoProcessorClass.Execute(String Name, IVariantArray ipValues, ITrackCancel pTrackCancel)
   at ESRI.APWR.ApHydro.ArcHydroOp.SinkEvaluation(ApLayers apLayers, Double zUnitFactor, Int32 debug, ITrackCancel& trackcancel, IGPMessages& messages, String& exMessage) in C:\Builds\HydroSolutions\10.0_ArcHydro\Sources\ArcHydroTools\src\ApHydro\ArcHydroOp.vb:line 6337
Failed to execute (SinkEvaluation)."

Thanks for your help. I'm going to try running out of ArcToolbox w/an older version of ArcHydro 2 and see if it runs successfully.

Re: ArcHydro doesn't output to shapefile

MarkBoucher — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:40:48 GMT

I've been getting these types of errors also. Specifically, when I try to create fdr, str, strlnk, etc.

When I refresh the Catalog, the rasters are there! When I pull them in to my mxd, they appear to be OK. Maybe the error I'm getting is some after-the-fact function that has nothing to do with creating those rasters. Maybe the routine tries to add them to the mxd and something goes wrong with something related to the filesnames and it can't, and so it reports the error... This makes the model builder models crash, but I can do it all manually... at least.

Re: ArcHydro doesn't output to shapefile

EmilyMcCoy — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:19:47 GMT

I've been getting these types of errors also. Specifically, when I try to create fdr, str, strlnk, etc.

When I refresh the Catalog, the rasters are there! When I pull them in to my mxd, they appear to be OK. Maybe the error I'm getting is some after-the-fact function that has nothing to do with creating those rasters. Maybe the routine tries to add them to the mxd and something goes wrong with something related to the filesnames and it can't, and so it reports the error... This makes the model builder models crash, but I can do it all manually... at least.

I have been pulling my hair out with this error message as well (below) and found that the data had been created, just not automatically added to the map. Thanks for the help!

""System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80004005): Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component.
at ESRI.ArcGIS.Geoprocessing.GeoProcessorClass.Execute(String Name, IVariantArray ipValues, ITrackCancel pTrackCancel)
at ESRI.APWR.ApHydro.ArcHydroOp.SinkEvaluation(ApLayers apLayers, Double zUnitFactor, Int32 debug, ITrackCancel& trackcancel, IGPMessages& messages, String& exMessage) in C:\Builds\HydroSolutions\10.0_ArcHydro\Sources\ArcHydroTools\src\ApHydro\ArcHydroOp.vb:line 6337
Failed to execute (SinkEvaluation)."

Re: ArcHydro doesn't output to shapefile

MarkBoucher — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:37:34 GMT

Another possible solution is to change your setting using

"AdvancedArcMapSettings.exe" registry editor - typically stored in the C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\Utilities folder. My settings are shown below in the image.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]14865[/ATTACH]

I attribute this finding the help I received via this thread that I started:

http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/55419-CPU-speed-and-Memory-requirements-for-ArcHydro-and-Geoprocessing?p=197193#post197193

Re: ArcHydro doesn't output to shapefile

MarkBoucher — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:08:09 GMT

I found under the menu "Customize>ArcMap Options>Raster Tab>Raster Dataset subtab - Max Number of Unique Values to Render" has the same number I put into the "AdvancedArcMapSettings.exe" interface. As a matter of fact, it appears to be the same variable and either interface changes the same value.

Re: ArcHydro doesn't output to shapefile

OyunkhuuGombo — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 07:44:26 GMT

HI. pls help me .
I tried to run the process from ArcToolbox, (using ArcHydro V.2.1.0.27 on a Windows 7, SP2 machine), but I received the following error. when I using hydro tools , this error go on . (always)

"System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80004005): Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component.
at ESRI.ArcGIS.Geoprocessing.GeoProcessorClass.Execute(String Name, IVariantArray ipValues, ITrackCancel pTrackCancel)
at ESRI.APWR.ApHydro.ArcHydroOp.SinkEvaluation(ApLayers apLayers, Double zUnitFactor, Int32 debug, ITrackCancel& trackcancel, IGPMessages& messages, String& exMessage) in C:\Builds\HydroSolutions\10.0_ArcHydro\Sources\ArcHydroTools\src\ApHydro\ArcHydroOp.vb:line 6337
Failed to execute (SinkEvaluation)."

Thanks for your help. I'm going to try running out of ArcToolbox w/an older version of ArcHydro 2 and see if it runs successfully.

~ Stacie

Re: ArcHydro doesn't output to shapefile

MarkBoucher — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 17:23:12 GMT

There are several things that could be causing this error. I don't have time investigate further or explain them all. You can go to the forum at this link (http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/48100-ArcHydro-Problem-Solvers) where others and I have posted several solutions.

ayuda : ArcHydro doesn't output to shapefile

Pedro_PabloVillegas_Yepes — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 02:14:21 GMT

Hola, cuando ejecuto DEM reconditioning de HEC Geohms o el ArcHydro se produce el error hresult e_fail de una llamada al componente com

Como puedo hacer para solucionarlo?

Les anexo un archivo con los detalles

Re: ArcHydro doesn't output to shapefile

TuanNguyen5 — Wed, 02 May 2018 10:42:19 GMT

I created a file geodatabase and imported all raster data into it. Then rerun the process again and it actually worked The catchment as well as drainage line were both developed !

Re: ArcHydro doesn't output to shapefile

EllenFehrs — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:12:30 GMT

I've been getting the error

"System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80004005): Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component.

at ESRI.ArcGIS.Geoprocessing.GPUtilitiesClass.IGPUtilities2_OpenFeatureClassFromString(String catalogPath)
at ESRI.APWR.ArcHydroGPTools.AHHydroNetworkGeneration.Execute(IArray paramvalues, ITrackCancel trackcancel, IGPEnvironmentManager envMgr, IGPMessages message) in C:\Builds\HydroSolutions\10.4_ArcHydro\Sources\ArcHydroTools\src\ArcHydroGPTools\AHHydroNetworkGeneration.vb:line 511
Failed to execute (Hydro Network Generation)."

when my ModelBuilder gets to the Hydro Network Generation step, but it is still very clearly generating all the networks and associated edges/junctions. I checked the attribute tables, everything looks good. So, same issue, I have no idea why I get this error message in my processing dialog box. My ModelBuilder doesn't crash or anything, I just get this error returned every time it swings around to the Hydro Network Generation step. Arc Hydro just likes to make life difficult, I guess.