It happened now a several times that I created a model in Model Builder (ArcMap 10.5.1) and when I try later to edit it, the model builder is not opening. I tried to open the affected models from ArcMap and also from ArcCatalog but without success. It might be that I had minimized the model builder window when closing the mxd file but I also closed all other windows hoping to find the small window for the model builder somewhere. No chance. Does anybody have an idea if there is a way to recover these models somehow? I wasted already so much time on redoing models that suddenly didn't open again. 😞 Edit: I was able to open the model in ArcGIS Pro, saved it under a new name, exported the toolbox from ArcGIS Pro to 10.5 and was then able to open the model in ArcGIS again, only that I had to fix some of the processes again. I would still be interested if there is an easier way...  ... View more

I have 30+ folders, each folder contains 8-20 tiffs. How can I mosaic the tiff's in the 1st folder together (using the folders name as the mosaic outputs name), then change to the next folder and repeat the mosaic operation, each time creating a new raster mosaic of just the tiff's in a given folder. Sure, I could run mosaic_to_raster over and over changing the input workspace (folder) and entering an output name, but there must me a way to automate the iteration from one folder to the next and run the mosaic process per folder? Example: cd to folder 1 (00114), mosaic 9 tiffs and output to 00114.tif, cd to next folder "00115" and mosaic 10 tiffs and output to 00115.tif, cd "00116"....... All the individual folders are under one main folder or workspace named "Blocks". ... View more

I've been receiving a lot of errors in Model Builder when using LAS files, particularly when trying to string LAS geoprocessing tools together, where outputs from the previous tool will not 'ready' the next step until the first step has been run.  I have several more complex models that do not use .las files as input and they string together without issue. This is a new issue though.  I created a simple model using Extract LAS with a LAS file (.las) as input and a polygon as the extraction boundary.  This runs perfectly fine within Model Builder with any .las file I input.  I've deleted the outputs, saved and validated the model.  But when I try to run my model in the Geoprocessing Pane, I receive this error.  What would cause a tool to fail in the Geoprocessing Pane if it functions in Model Builder?  A bug with Arc Pro? ... View more

I am attempting to create Minimum Bounding Volumes from clipped point features that have Z values, but the Minimum Bounding Volume Tool will not accept any 'modified' point feature as input in Model Builder (ArcGIS Pro 2.5) until I run the tool and generate the clipped points first. Of course this defeats the purpose of the model, as I wanted to publish this as a geoprocessing service in a Web App.  I get this error:  00241: The specified pathname or file type is invalid for the required input. My points are derived from a Multipoint feature.  I spoke with an ESRI expert about this at length and tried multiple avenues and they believe this is a bug, after observing my model's behavior.  Again, Minimum Bounding Volume will accept PilePts as input after they are created, but not otherwise. I can input the unmodified point features no problem, without clipping, as shown below.  So I do not believe this is a data type issue.  But I don't see where I would put a precondition in either.  I am not using any additional parameters in the MBV Tool, so this should be simple.  My pathnames are fine (the Output Name variable is there, just not visible in the image). I have tried this in a folder and a file geodatabase. Has anyone experienced this same issue with this or another tool? . ... View more