ArcGis Modelbuilder: getting started

Create your own toolbox

Create a catalog om your M:\ home directory, call it "toolbox" Set the correct toolbox environment: In ArcMap toolbar, ->tools->options, select "geoprocessing tab" and change "my toolboxes" to your new directory (see right fig) Create your toolbox: right-click in toolbox window, select new, type a name for your toolbox (see below).

Create a new model

Right-click at the toolbox you created, select ->new ->model. A new windows apears. Here you can create and modify your model. Add new elements by pulling them from the toolbox. Next time you want to modify or look at your model, right-click at your model-icon and select "edit"

Example of a small model

In this example all cells with slope greater than 30 in a slope-grid are selected.

In the toolbox, select spatial analyst tool->conditional->con Pull the "con" into the model Double click at the con-square, fill out the form (see right fig) Coloured model components indicates that parameters are set. Run the model by model->run Shaded model components indicates that they have been run You can now add the new grid to your ArcMap project