How to fix Broken Model

[BilalHossain]

Hi Fellow
I have developed a model (using model builder, ArcGIS 10) for spatial analysis of my project. The model was quite big and took me 3 days to develop. Every time I add a new tool/process in the model I save it to avoid loosing any work. I was about to finish the model and save it but it did not save, showed a message "failed to save the model", even did not permit to copy the model. Eventually I close it without saving & compromising that I will only lose very last process. But once I close it I saw a red cross mark on my model. I opened it in the edit mode but there is no work at all. I searched into the forum but could not find any solution to repair this. I had a look through the article to repair the broken model (http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//002w00000018000000). It says how to fix the broken tool but does not mention to fix broken model.

Any solution would be appreciated.


Thanks in advance

Bilal

[GrahamW]

Great tip!
Thanks

[Anonymous User]

I totally agree with the threads.  It happened just now and in the past.  The Modelbuilder is a great tool but it is lacking something important.  There is no way to recover the work using Modelbuilder.  I will adopt your approach in order to save my time and work.

Thanks for sharing your solution!!

[GregWhite2]

The same thing just happened to me! Argghhhhhhhh