ArcGIS Tools

In this Tutorial Discuss about Tools in ArcGIS, and how to use.

Toolsets & Tools in ArcGIS

Toolset

3D Features

Tool
Add Z Information
Buffer 3D
Difference 3D
Enclose Multipatch
Feature To 3D By Attribute
Inside 3D
Intersect 3D
Intersect 3D Line With Multipatch
Is Closed
Near 3D
Union 3D

CityEngine

Tool
Features From CityEngine Rules
Export To 3D Web Scene

Conversion

From Feature Class

Tool
Feature Class Z To ASCII
Multipatch Footprint

From File

Tool
ASCII 3D To Feature Class
Import 3D Files
Land XML To TIN
LAS To Multipoint
Point File Information

From LAS Dataset

Tool
LAS Dataset To TIN

From Raster

Tool
Raster Domain
Raster To Multipoint
Raster To TIN

From Terrain

Tool
Terrain To Points
Terrain To Raster
Terrain To TIN

From TIN

Tool
TIN Domain
TIN Edge
TIN Line
TIN Node
TIN Polygon Tag
TIN to Raster
TIN Triangle

Geoprocessing Tool
Layer 3D To Feature Class

Data Management

LAS Dataset

Tool
Change LAS Class Codes
Classify LAS By Height
LAS Point Statistics By Area
Locate LAS Points By Proximity
Set LAS Class Codes Using Features

Terrain Dataset

Tool
Add Feature Class To Terrain
Add Terrain Pyramid Level
Append Terrain Points
Build Terrain
Change Terrain Reference Scale
Change Terrain Resolution Bounds
Create Terrain
Delete Terrain Points
Remove Feature Class From Terrain
Remove Terrain Pyramid Level
Replace Terrain Points

TIN

Tool
Copy TIN
Create TIN
Delineate TIN Data Area
Edit TIN

Functional Surface

Tool
Add Surface Information
Interpolate Shape
Intersect 3D Line With Surface
Stack Profile
Surface Volume

Raster Interpolation

Tool
IDW
Kriging
Natural Neighbor
Spline
Spline with Barriers
Topo to Raster
Topo to Raster by File
Trend

Raster Math

Tool
Divide
Float
Int
Minus
Plus
Times

Raster Reclass

Tool
Lookup
Reclass by ASCII File
Reclass by Table
Reclassify
Slice

Raster Surface

Tool
Aspect
Contour
Contour List
Contour with Barriers
Curvature
Cut Fill
Hillshade
Slope

Triangulated Surface

Tool
Decimate TIN Nodes
Extrude Between
Interpolate Polygon To Multipatch
Locate Outliers
Polygon Volume
Surface Aspect
Surface Contour
Surface Difference
Surface Slope

Visibility

Tool
Construct Sight Lines
Intervisibility
Line Of Sight
Observer Points
Skyline
Skyline Barrier
Skyline Graph
Sun Shadow Volume
Viewshed
Viewshed 2
Visibility

Analysis Tools

Toolsets

Extract

Tool
Clip
Select
Split
Table Select

Overlay

Tool
Erase
Identity
Intersect
Spatial Join
Symmetrical Difference
Union
Update

Proximity

Tools
Buffer
Create Thiessen Polygons
Generate Near Table
Multiple Ring Buffer
Near
Point Distance
Polygon Neighbors

Statistics

Tool
Frequency
Summary Statistics
Tabulate Intersection

Cartography Tools

Annotation

Tool
Contour Annotation
Map Server Cache Tiling Scheme To Polygons
Tiled Labels To Annotation

Cartographic Refinement

Tool
Align Marker To Stroke Or Fill
Calculate Line Caps
Calculate Polygon Main Angle
Create Overpass
Create Underpass
Disperse Markers
Set Representation Control Point At Intersect
Set Representation Control Point By Angle

Data Driven Pages

Tool
Calculate Adjacent Fields
Calculate Central Meridian and Parallels
Calculate Grid Convergence Angle
Calculate UTM Zone
Grid Index Features
Strip Map Index Features

Generalization


Aggregate Points
Aggregate Polygons
Collapse Dual Lines To Centerline
Collapse Road Detail
Delineate Built-Up Areas
Create Cartographic Partitions
Merge Divided Roads
Simplify Building
Simplify Line
Simplify Polygon
Smooth Line
Smooth Polygon
Thin Road Network

Graphic Conflicts

Tool
Detect Graphic Conflict
Propagate Displacement
Resolve Building Conflicts
Resolve Road Conflicts

Grids and Graticules

Tool
Make Grids And Graticules Layer
Delete Grids And Graticules

Masking Tools

Tool
Cul-De-Sac Masks
Feature Outline Masks
Intersecting Layers Masks

Representation Management

Tool
Add Representation
Calculate Representation Rule
Drop Representation
Remove Override
Select Feature By Override
Set Layer Representation
Update Override

Conversion Tools

Toolset

Excel

Tool
Excel To Table
Table To Excel

From GPS

Tool
GPX To Features

From KML

Tool
KML To Layer

From PDF

Tool
PDF to TIFF

From Raster

Tool
Raster to ASCII
Raster to Float
Raster to Point
Raster to Polygon
Raster to Polyline
Raster To Video

From WFS

Tool
WFS To Feature Class

JSON

Tool

Features TO JSON

JSON To Features

Metadata

Tool
ESRI Metadata Translator
Export_Metadata
Export Metadata Multiple
Import Metadata
Metadata Importer
Metadata Publisher
Synchronize_Metadata
Upgrade Metadata
USGS MP Metadata Translator
Validate Metadata
Validate Metadata Multiple
XML_Schema_Validation
XSLT Transformation

To CAD

Tool
Add CAD Fields
Export to CAD

To Collada

Tool
Multipatch To Collada

To Coverage

Tool
Feature Class to Coverage
Import from E00

To dBASE

Tool
Table to dBASE

To Geodatabase

Tool
CAD to Geodatabase
Feature Class to Feature Class
Feature Class to Geodatabase
Import CAD Annotation
Import Coverage Annotation
Raster to Geodatabase
Table to Geodatabase
Table to Table

To KML

Tool
Layer To KML
Map To KML

To Raster

Tool
ASCII to Raster
DEM to Raster
Feature to Raster
Float to Raster
LAS Dataset to Raster
Multipatch to Raster
Point to Raster
Polygon to Raster
Polyline to Raster
Raster To Other Format

To Shapefile

Tool
Feature Class to Shapefile

Data Interoperability Tools

Data Interoperability

Tool
Quick Export
Quick Import

Data Management Tools

Toolset

Attachments

Tool
Add Attachments
Disable Attachments
Enable Attachments
Generate Attachment Match Table
Remove Attachments

Archiving

Tool
Disable Archiving
Enable Archiving

Data Comparison

Tool
Detect_Feature_Changes
Feature Compare
File Compare
Raster Compare
Table Compare
TIN Compare

Distributed Geodatabase

Tool
Add Global IDs
Compare Replica Schema
Create Replica
Create Replica Footprints
Create Replica From Server
Export Acknowledgement Message
Export Data Change Message
Export Replica Schema
Export XML Workspace Document
Import Message
Import Replica Schema
Import XML Workspace Document
Re-export Unacknowledged Data Change Messages
Synchronize Changes

Domains

Tool
Add Coded Value To Domain
Assign Domain To Field
Create Domain
Delete Coded Value From Domain
Delete Domain
Domain To Table
Remove Domain From Field
Set Value For Range Domain
Sort Coded Value Domain
Table To Domain

Feature Class

Tool
Append Annotation Feature Classes
Calculate Default Spatial Grid Index
Calculate Default XY Tolerance
Create Feature Class
Create Fishnet
Create Random Points
Integrate
Update Annotation Feature Class

Features

Tool
Add Geometry Attributes
Add XY Coordinates
Adjust 3D Z
Bearing Distance To Line
Check Geometry
Copy Features
Delete Features
Dice
Feature Envelope to Polygon
Feature to Line
Feature to Point
Feature to Polygon
Feature Vertices to Points
Minimum Bounding Geometry
Multipart to Singlepart
Points to Line
Polygon to Line
Repair Geometry
Split Line at Point
Split Line at Vertices
Table To Ellipse
Unsplit Line
XY To Line

Fields

Tool
Add Field
Add Incrementing ID Field
Alter Field Properties
Assign Default To Field
Calculate End Time
Calculate Field
Convert Time Field
Convert Time Zone
Delete Field
Disable Editor Tracking
Enable Editor Tracking
Transpose Fields

File Geodatabase

Tool
Compact
Compress File Geodatabase Data
Generate File Geodatabase License
Generate Licensed File Geodatabase
Recover File Geodatabase
Uncompress File Geodatabase Data

Geodatabase Administration

Tool
Analyze Datasets
Change Privileges
Compress
Configure Geodatabase Log File Tables
Create Database User
Create Enterprise Geodatabase
Create Raster Type
Create Role
Delete Schema Geodatabase
Diagnose Version Metadata
Diagnose Version Tables
Enable Enterprise Geodatabase
Export Geodatabase Configuration Keywords
Import Geodatabase Configuration Keywords
Migrate Storage
Rebuild Indexes
Register With Geodatabase
Repair Version Metadata
Repair Version Tables
Upgrade Dataset
Upgrade Spatial Reference
Upgrade Geodatabase

General

Tool
Analyze Tools For Python
Append
Calculate Value
Copy
Create Database View
Delete
Delete Identical
Find Identical
Rename
Merge
Merge Branch
Select Data
Sort

Generalization

Tool
Dissolve
Eliminate
Eliminate Polygon Part

Geometric Network

Tool
Add Edge-Edge Connectivity Rule to Geometric Network
Add Edge-Junction Connectivity Rule to Geometric Network
Create Geometric Network
Find Disconnected Features in Geometric Network
Rebuild Geometric Network
Remove Connectivity Rule From Geometric Network
Remove Empty Feature Class from Geometric Network
Set Flow Direction
Trace Geometric Network
Verify and Repair Geometric Network Connectivity

Graph

Tool
Make Graph
Save Graph

Indexes

Tool
Add Attribute Index
Add Spatial Index
Remove Attribute Index
Remove Spatial Index

Joins

Tool
Add Join
Remove Join
Join Field

LAS Dataset

Tool
Add Files To LAS Dataset
Create LAS Dataset
LAS Dataset Statistics
LAS Point Statistics As Raster
Remove Files From LAS Dataset

Layers and Table Views

Tool
Apply Symbology From Layer
Make Feature Layer
Make Image Server Layer
Make Mosaic Layer
Make Query Table
Make Query Layer
Make Raster Layer
Make Raster Catalog Layer
Make Table View
Make WCS Layer
Make XY Event Layer
Save To Layer File
Select Layer By Attribute
Select Layer By Location

Package

Tool
Consolidate Layer
Consolidate Locator
Consolidate Map
Consolidate Result
Create Map Tile Package
Create Runtime Content
Package Layer
Package Locator
Package Map
Package Result
Extract Package
Share Package

Photos

Tool
GeoTagged Photos To Points
Match Photos To Rows By Time

Projections and Transformations

Tool
Batch Project
Convert Coordinate Notation
Create Custom Geographic Transformation
Create Spatial Reference
Define Projection
Project
Flip
Mirror
Project Raster
Register Raster
Rescale
Rotate
Shift
Warp
Warp From File

Raster

Mosaic Dataset

Tool
Add Rasters To Mosaic Dataset
Alter Mosaic Dataset Schema
Analyze Mosaic Dataset
Build Boundary
Build Footprints
Build Mosaic Dataset Item Cache
Build Overviews
Build Seamlines
Calculate Cell Size Ranges
Color Balance Mosaic Dataset
Compute Dirty Area
Create Mosaic Dataset
Create Referenced Mosaic Dataset
Define Mosaic Dataset NoData
Define Overviews
Delete Mosaic Dataset
Edit Raster Function
Export Mosaic Dataset Geometry
Export Mosaic Dataset Items
Export Mosaic Dataset Paths
Generate Exclude Area
Import Mosaic Dataset Geometry
Merge Mosaic Dataset Items
Remove Rasters From Mosaic Dataset
Repair Mosaic Dataset Paths
Set Mosaic Dataset Properties
Split Mosaic Dataset Items
Synchronize Mosaic Dataset

Block Adjustment

Tool
Analyze Control Points
Append Control Points
Apply Adjustments
Compute Adjustments
Compute Control Points
Compute Tie Points

Raster Dataset

Tool
Copy Raster
Create Random Raster
Create Raster Dataset
Download Rasters
Mosaic
Mosaic To New Raster
Workspace To Raster Dataset

Raster Processing

Tool
Clip
Composite Bands
Create Ortho-Corrected Raster Dataset
Create Pan-Sharpened Raster Dataset
Compute Pan-sharpening Weights
Extract Subdataset
Raster To DTED
Resample
Split Raster

Raster Properties

Tool
Add Colormap
Batch Build Pyramids
Batch Calculate Statistics
Build Pyramids
Build Pyramids and Statistics
Build Raster Attribute Table
Calculate Statistics
Delete Colormap
Delete Raster Attribute Table
Export Raster World File
Get Cell Value
Get Raster Properties
Set Raster Properties

Relationship Classes

Tool
Create Relationship Class
Migrate Relationship Class
Table To Relationship Class

Subtypes

Tool
Add Subtype
Remove Subtype
Set Default Subtype
Set Subtype Field

Tables

Tool
Analyze
Change Privileges
Copy Rows
Create Table
Delete Rows
Get Count
Pivot Table

Tile Cache

Tool
Export Tile Cache
Generate Tile Cache Tiling Scheme
Import Tile Cache
Manage Tile Cache

Topology

Tool
Add Feature Class To Topology
Add Rule To Topology
Create Topology
Export Topology Errors
Remove Feature Class From Topology
Remove Rule From Topology
Set Cluster Tolerance
Validate Topology

Versions

Tool
Alter Version
Change Version
Create Version
Delete Version
Reconcile Versions
Register As Versioned
Unregister As Versioned

Workspace

Tool
Clear Workspace Cache
Create ArcInfo Workspace
Create ArcSDE Connection File
Create Database Connection
Create Feature Dataset
Create File GDB
Create Folder
Create Personal GDB
Create Spatial Type

Editing Tools

Tool
Densify
Erase Point
Extend Line
Flip Line
Generalize
Snap
Trim Line

Conflation

Tools
Edgematch Features
Generate Edgematch Links
Generate Rubbersheet Links
Rubbersheet Features
Transfer Attributes

Geocoding Tools

Tool
Create Address Locator
Create Composite Address Locator
Geocode Addresses
Rebuild Address Locator
Rematch Addresses
Reverse Geocode
Standardize Addresses

Geostatistical Analyst Tools

Interpolation

Tool
Diffusion Interpolation With Barriers
Empirical Bayesian Kriging
Global Polynomial Interpolation
IDW
Kernel Interpolation With Barriers
Local Polynomial Interpolation
Moving Window Kriging
Radial Basis Functions

Sampling Network Design

Tool
Create Spatially Balanced Points
Densify Sampling Network

Simulation

Tool
Gaussian Geostatistical Simulations
Extract Values To Table

Utilities

Tool
Cross Validation
Neighborhood Selection
Semivariogram Sensitivity
Subset Features

Working with Geostatistical Layers

Tool
Areal Interpolation Layer To Polygons
Calculate Z Value
Create Geostatistical Layer
GA Layer To Contour
GA Layer To Grid
GA Layer To Points
Get Model Parameter
Set Model Parameter

Linear Referencing Tools

Tool
Calibrate Routes
Create Routes
Dissolve Route Events
Locate Features Along Routes
Make Route Event Layer
Overlay Route Events
Transform Route Events

Multidimension Tools

Tool
Feature to NetCDF
Make NetCDF Feature Layer
Make NetCDF Raster Layer
Make NetCDF Table View
Raster to NetCDF
Select by Dimension
Table to NetCDF

Network Analyst Tools

Toolsets

Analysis

Tool
Add Field To Analysis Layer
Add Locations
Calculate Locations
Copy Traversed Source Features
Directions
Make Closest Facility Layer
Make Location-Allocation Layer
Make OD Cost Matrix Layer
Make Route Layer
Make Vehicle Routing Problem Layer
Make Service Area Layer
Solve
Update Analysis Layer Attribute Parameter

Network Dataset

Tool
Build Network
Dissolve Network

Server

Tool
Find Closest Facilities
Find Routes
Generate Service Areas
Solve Location-Allocation
Solve Vehicle Routing Problem
Update Traffic Data
Update Traffic Incidents

Turn Feature Class

Tool
Create Turn Feature Class
Increase Maximum Edges
Populate Alternate ID Fields
Turn Table To Turn Feature Class
Update By Alternate ID Fields
Update By Geometry

Parcel Fabric Tools

Toolset

Data Migration

Tool
Load A Topology To A Parcel Fabric

Layers And Table Views

Tool
Make Parcel Fabric Layer
Make Parcel Fabric Table View

Parcel Features

Tool
Append Parcel Fabric
Copy Parcel Fabric

Schematics Tools

Tool
Create Diagram
Create Schematic Folder
Convert Diagram To Features
Update Diagram
Update Diagrams

Server Tools

Toolset

Caching

Tool
Convert Map Server Cache Storage Format
Create Map Server Cache
Delete Globe Server Cache
Delete Map Server Cache
Export Map Server Cache
Generate Map Server Cache Tiling Scheme
Import Map Server Cache
Manage Globe Server Cache Tiles
Manage Map Server Cache Scales
Manage Map Server Cache Status
Manage Map Server Cache Tiles
Upgrade Map Server Cache Storage Format

Data Extraction

Tool
Extract Data
Extract Data and Email Task
Extract Data Task
Send Email With Zip File Attachment

Printing

Tool
Export Web Map

Publishing

Tool
Stage Service
Upload Service Definition
Sign In To Portal
Sign Out From Portal

Spatial Analyst Tools

Toolset

Conditional

Tool
Con
Pick
Set Null

Density

Tool
Kernel Density
Line Density
Point Density

Distance

Tool
Corridor
Cost Allocation
Cost Back Link
Cost Distance
Cost Path
Euclidean Allocation
Euclidean Direction
Euclidean Distance
Path Distance
Path Distance Allocation
Path Distance Back Link

Extraction

Tool
Extract by Attributes
Extract by Circle
Extract by Mask
Extract by Points
Extract by Polygon
Extract by Rectangle
Extract Multi Values to Points
Extract Values to Points
Sample

Generalization

Tool
Aggregate
Boundary Clean
Expand
Majority Filter
Nibble
Region Group
Shrink
Thin

Groundwater

Tool
Darcy Flow
Darcy Velocity
Particle Track
Porous Puff

Hydrology

Tool
Basin
Fill
Flow Accumulation
Flow Direction
Flow Length
Sink
Snap Pour Point
Stream Link
Stream Order
Stream to Feature
Watershed

Interpolation

Tool
IDW
Kriging
Natural Neighbor
Spline
Spline with Barriers
Topo to Raster
Topo to Raster by File
Trend

Local

Tool
Cell Statistics
Combine
Equal To Frequency
Greater Than Frequency
Highest Position
Less Than Frequency
Lowest Position
Popularity
Rank

Map Algebra

Tool
Raster Calculator

Math

General Math Toolset

Tool
Abs
Divide
Exp
Exp10
Exp2
Float
Int
Ln
Log10
Log2
Minus
Mod
Negate
Plus
Power
Round Down
Round Up
Square
Square Root
Times

Bitwise Math Toolset

Tool
Bitwise And
Bitwise Left Shift
Bitwise Not
Bitwise Or
Bitwise Right Shift
Bitwise XOr

Logical Math Toolset

Boolean Evaluation

Tool
Boolean And
Boolean Not
Boolean Or
Boolean XOr

Combinatorial Evaluation

Tool
Combinatorial And
Combinatorial Or
Combinatorial XOr

Relational Evaluation

Tool
Equal To
Greater Than
Greater Than Equal
Less Than
Less Than Equal
Not Equal

Trigonometric Math Toolset

Tool
ACos
ACosH
ASin
ASinH
ATan
ATan2
ATanH
Cos
CosH
Sin
SinH
Tan
TanH

Multivariate

Tool
Band Collection Statistics
Class Probability
Create Signatures
Dendrogram
Edit Signatures
Iso Cluster
Iso Cluster Unsupervised Classification
Maximum Likelihood Classification
Principal Components

Neighborhood

Tool
Block Statistics
Filter
Focal Flow
Focal Statistics
Line Statistics
Point Statistics

Overlay

Tool
Fuzzy Membership
Fuzzy Overlay
Weighted Overlay
Weighted Sum

Raster Creation

Tool
Create Constant Raster
Create Normal Raster
Create Random Raster

Reclass

Tool
Lookup
Reclass by ASCII File
Reclass by Table
Reclassify
Rescale by Function
Slice

Solar Radiation

Tool
Area Solar Radiation
Points Solar Radiation
Solar Radiation Graphics

Segmentation and Classification

Tool
Classify Raster
Compute Segment Attributes
Segment Mean Shift
Train Iso Cluster Classifier
Train Maximum Likelihood Classifier
Train Support Vector Machine Classifier

Surface

Tool
Aspect
Contour
Contour List
Contour with Barriers
Curvature
Cut Fill
Hillshade
Observer Points
Slope
Viewshed
Viewshed 2
Visibility

Zonal

Tool
Tabulate Area
Zonal Fill
Zonal Geometry
Zonal Geometry As Table
Zonal Histogram
Zonal Statistics
Zonal Statistics as Table

Spatial Statistical Tools

Toolset

Analyzing Patterns

Tool
Average Nearest Neighbor
High/Low Clustering
Incremental Spatial Autocorrelation
Spatial Autocorrelation
Multi-Distance Spatial Cluster Analysis (Ripley’s k-function)

Mapping Clusters

Tool
Cluster and Outlier Analysis
Grouping Analysis
Hot Spot Analysis
Optimized Hot Spot Analysis
Similarity Search

Measuring Geographic Distributions

Tool
Central Feature
Directional Distribution
Linear Directional Mean
Mean Center
Median Center
Standard Distance

Modeling Spatial Relationships

Tool
Exploratory Regression
Generate Network Spatial Weights
Generate Spatial Weights Matrix
Geographically Weighted Regression
Ordinary Least Squares

Rendering

Tool
Cluster/Outlier Analysis with Rendering
Hot Spot Analysis with Rendering
Collect Events with Rendering
Count Rendering
ZScore Rendering

Utilities

Tool
Calculate Areas
Calculate Distance Band from Neighbor Count
Collect Events
Convert Spatial Weights Matrix To Table
Export Feature Attributes To ASCII

Tracking Analyst Tools

Tool
Concatenate Date And Time Fields
Make Tracking Layer
Track Intervals To Feature
Track Intervals To Line