How can I use the Intersect tool to find common areas from 3 output files created by an Iterator tool in a Model Builder?

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05-05-2015 10:32 AM
abubadruddin
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abubadruddin
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Here is the screen shot of my Model. It selects 3 different school using the Iterator tool from the Parcel layer and creates a 3 mile buffer around each of the 3 schools and save them as School1_Buffer, School2_Buffer, & School3_Buffer. So this model works as expected!

However, I want to find the common areas among those 3 school buffer (School1_Buffer, School2_Buffer, & School3_Buffer). How can I use the Intersect tool in the model to create an intersect among those 3 buffers?

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DarrenWiens2
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If you're asking because Basic and Standard licenses only allow two inputs for Intersect, you can get around it by running the tool once between feature classes 1 and 2, then again with the output and feature class 3.

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BlakeTerhune
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Check out the Intersect Help Topic, there are some helpful Python code examples at the bottom. The function can take all three of your output files as a list for input.

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SepheFox
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Hi Abu, It might be helpful to post a screenshot of your model.

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abubadruddin
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Here is the screen shot of my Model. It selects 3 different school using the Iterator tool from the Parcel layer and creates a 3 mile buffer around each of the 3 schools and save them as School1_Buffer, School2_Buffer, & School3_Buffer. So this model works as expected!

However, I want to find the common areas among those 3 school buffer (School1_Buffer, School2_Buffer, & School3_Buffer). How can I use the Intersect tool in the model to create an intersect among those 3 buffers?

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