GIS 4102: GIS Programming Module 10

Module 10: Creating Custom Tools

This week’s lecture covered creating custom tools, editing tool code, setting tool parameters, working with tool messages, and customizing the tool progress information.

This week’s assignment involved creating a script tool from a Python script that clips multiple layers at once.  The assignment included:

·         Creating a new custom Toolbox.

·         Adding a Script Tool from the Python script.

·         Setting the parameters of the newly created Tool.

·         Modifying the script to reflect the new Tool parameters.

·         Sharing the Toolbox, Tool and Script.

Below are screenshots of the Tool’s dialog window in ArcMap and successful results window in ArcMap after running the Tool.