Latest Contributions by DanPatterson

shapefiles have to go into folders. and you would have to specify a *.dbf format. featureclasses in a gdb should be the route to go. In any event, you can/should navigate to the folder or geodatabase where you want the output to go, OR set the output workspace in the tool Environments tab to either a folder (for shapefile) or geodatabase (for a featureclass) ... View more

Define Projection doesn't change the coordinate system of a data set that has a coordinate system already.  In fact, if you use Define Projection in that case, the file will be defined incorrectly and be misinterpreted and not show up where you want it. If you need revit files to be in a different coordinate system, the it needs to be "Projected", but I don't know if the Project Tool works for revit files, so I will leave that to you to find out how to get a revit file into a different coordinate system.  All I can confirm is that "Define Projection" should only be used when you know what the data coordinate system is AND it hasn't been defined.  You never use it to change it into another one ... View more

Or Multiple Ring Buffer (Analysis)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation - with only 1 distance in the  The list of buffer distances. to buffer and - Outside Polygons Only, checked on which doesn't require and advanced license ... View more

Define Projection (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation BIM geospatial coordinates—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation You can only define the coordinate system of a file type if it can be defined and if what you are defining as is what it actually is and not what you want it to be. Can you add the data to an empty map (no basemap etc etc) and report what the coordinate values are/look like?  Do they look like they are in decimal degrees? and if so are they in the correct location for your locale?   ... View more

Composite Bands (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation try saving as a *.tif in a folder.   ... View more

Points Solar Radiation (Spatial Analyst)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation is deprecated, try Feature Solar Radiation (Spatial Analyst)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation since it has more options, see the parameter discussions and adjust to your locale How Feature Solar Radiation works—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation Also, data should be in a projected coordinate system as indicated in the topics.   ... View more

I referred to that in an earlier thread Maintain fully qualified field names (Environment setting)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation but Make Feature Layer (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation on supports Current Workspace in Environment setting supported whereas Copy Features (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation supports a load more Environment settings Current Workspace, Scratch Workspace, Output Coordinate System, Geographic Transformations, Extent, XY Resolution, XY Tolerance, Output has M values, M Resolution, M Tolerance, Output has Z values, Default Output Z Value, Z Resolution, Z Tolerance, Qualified Field Names, Output CONFIG Keyword, Maintain Attachments, Auto Commit, Output XY Domain, Output M Domain, Output Z Domain, Preserve Global IDs So you have to delete what you copied if you don't want extra featureclasses floating around ... View more

Through an educational organization?  the one that students can purchase for personal use? Licensing Details I would contact your local rep since there may exclusions not listed in the general US centered pages. ... View more

Then as a test, use one of the other options to that should persist the qualified field names (eg Copy Features) to see if you can at least finish your calculations etc.  A good "Delete" might seem like an extra step at the end, but perhaps a step needed to complete the task Also, a standalone script is going to behave differently than a script attached to a toolbox within ArcGIS Pro ... View more

it is temporary, you have to use the other options to make the join permanent (Join Field is permanent by default). It is the "qualified field names" thing that appears to be the issue then Maintain fully qualified field names (Environment setting)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation something that I thankfully don't have to deal with, but have a look since your last error line is indicating the bit  L0Post_Planting_Inspection_Tracking___TEST.    is missing from the preceding qualifier for    .insp_2_weeks' ... View more

Add Join (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation suggests To make a permanent join, either use the Join Field tool or use the joined layer as input to one of the following tools: Copy Features, Copy Rows, Export Features, or Export Table.  but I assume that you don't want a permanent join or for the field name thing When saving the results to a new feature class or table, the Maintain fully qualified field names environment can be used to control whether the joined output field names will be qualified with the name of the table the field came from. ... View more

Strange, it seems that entering any search radius uses all points, not all the points within the search radius, hence it accepts points at either end of the line ... View more

ps... my undergraduate thesis   Global Irradiance on Slopes 1977 And the sun still shines in most places the same way 😂 ... View more

How Raster Solar Radiation works—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation These tools provide a baseline based on latitude which can be calculated for any location.  If a surface has a slope and orientation, then the flat surface values can be modified to account for these.  All calculations presume a clear sky (atmospheric thickness and turbidity can be factored if one has real world values comparing actual to theoretical values) No model is going to be able to factor seasonal/daily/hourly changes in the "weather".   Sky conditions can ony be modelled by an atmospheric turbidity. Now Solar Resource Maps and Data | Geospatial Data Science | NREL | Geospatial Data Science | NREL should it still be active, may be a place to consult to compare latitudinal potentials vs site specific ones, which may account for real world measurements. If you want real values, then you have to consult your climate normals for the amounts of direct and diffuse solar radiation collected.  Some places can give an estimate of actual versus clear sky (theori ... View more