Hi,
When I try to create a network dataset from a SHAPEFILE I get the error: "could not create network dataset". I am following all the steps although most of what I found refer to using a GEODATABASE instead of a shapefile, so perhaps this is the problem. Can anyone help??
Thanks
David
Hi David,
It would probably be more productive to ask this in the Network Analyst space. What steps are you following?
Creating a network dataset—Help | ArcGIS Desktop has the following for creating network datasets from shapefiles:
How many shapefile sources do you have and are they organized in the same folder? Is there a reason that you're using shapefiles; or would it be possible to import your data into a geodatabase feature dataset and create a network dataset from that?
Hi Kory, here are the steps:
1) Open ArcCatalog and navigate to my shapefile of railroads in the US
2) Right click on it -> New -> Network dataset
3) name it railroads_ND
4) click yes to model turns
5) click connectivity -> I see source: the railroad file, connectivity policy: end_point, number 1 checked
6) How would you lie to model the elevation of your netwrok features? Here I choose 'None' because I don't have elevation fields (should I set elevation fields> if so, how??)
7) Do you want to establish directions? Yes. In the Network Direction Properties I choose 'RRname" as the name
😎 Finish
I then get the message "could not create the newtork"
Thanks!!
PS. I will ask this in the Network Analyst space
Kory,
I am using only one shapefile. I could try to import this into a geodatabase feature dataset if you think that would solve the problem