Iterate over .e00 files in Model Builder

[toddsams]

Is it possible to iterate over .e00 files in Model Builder? If so, how is this done?

[FreddieGibson]

Hi Sam,

Have you tried using the Iterate Files Iterator?

http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/tools/modelbuilder-toolbox/iterate-files.htm

[AustinStreetman]

The iterate files tool will work if you set the file extension in the tool to "E00". Don't put a dot in front of the "E". Then the Import E00 python tool in the toolbox will accept the file as a proper input. use "%Name%" as the output file.

[ChrisDonohue__GISP]

Question - will you be trying to use the data in some way beyond just iterating through them?  I ask as a .e00 is essentially a "zipped" form of a Coverage and not much can be done with it while it is in a .e00 state.

If you do extract it to a coverage, if you are not aware of it, there are several radical limitations to be aware of, including how it is named and even limitations on all the folders in the path to where it is stored.  These limitations are from "back in the day" well before Windows came out, when computers had much more limited abilities.

21052 - Import an ArcInfo interchange file (E00) in ArcGIS

Chris Donohue, GISP

[AustinStreetman]

I'm using it to extract raster files, so no need to convert further.

[curtvprice]

These limitations are from "back in the day" well before Windows came out, when computers had much more limited abilities.

Ha.  Thanks to Windows, we will forever live in an 8.3 world.

[ChrisDonohue__GISP]

Progress! 

Chris Donohue, GISP