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Model builder for jump-starting your script

Model builder for jump-starting your script - ArcGIS Pro Tutorial

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Model builder for jump-starting your script

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- [Instructor] Model Builder is a visual programming language built into ArcGIS Pro. It lets you string together tools and datasets to create workflows without scripting. Then, these models built graphically can be exported to a Python script to give you a starting point for your code. Now, learning Model Builder is outside the scope of this course, but I'm going to build a model really quick to show you how easy it is, and then I'll export that model to Python. I'm going to create a model that buffers these gasoline storage tanks. If you want to follow along, you can open the Python Practice Project Package that I've provided in the exercise files. I'll open Model Builder and I'll drop in these tanks. That's the feature class I'm going to work on. Then, I'll go find the Select by Attributes tool. It's actually called Select Layer by Attribute, and I'll drag that into the model. And then I take the tank's feature class and drag it as input into the Select Layer by Attribute as the…

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