Can't I see netCDF files in ArcCatalog

[chiaradorati]

I want to add the .nc extension to the ArcCatalog file extension options, so that I can drag and drop .nc files from ArcCatalog. I succesfully added the extension in ArcCatalog 10.4 (Win 8.1 OS) but it doesn't seem to work for ArcCatalog 10.5 (on Win 10 OS): I added the .nc extension as displayed below (already tried with various formats - .nc, .NC, nc, NC...), even restarted the system, but .nc files are still not visible from neither ArcCatalog nor ArcMap. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[DavidAskov1]

chiara dorati‌ - Did you ever solve this? I have the same problem on Win7 with 10.5.

It actually looks like it is by design. I cannot locate it in ArcCatalog nor the ArcMap add data button. Using the "Make Raster Layer" tool (and I assume all other tools), the folder button navigation also does not show it. It says it is invalid if I try to paste the path in or drag it from Windows Explorer. 

As Jayanta says above, we need to use the "Make NetCDF Raster Layer". When I run it in ArcCatalog, it is unclear where the layer goes, but it runs without failure. Once I do that, it creates a layer that I can work with in ArcMap. After that, I can drag that layer into other tools. The data > export option in ArcMap works, but if my NetCDF has lots of bands and time slices, that's pretty repetitive. 

What did you come up with? Thanks!