Iterating feature class output file names using ModelBuilder?
There are several ways to deal with naming in model builder. ArcGIS has a help section on this: A quick tour of using inline variable substitution.
One slick way to quickly create unique names from an iterator is by calling the %i%
or %n%
system variables, which output files in the following form: file1, file2, file3, file4... The %i%
system variable references the current list position, while the %n%
system variable references the current model iteration. You would put this into practice in the output parameter of a tool you are using. For example:
Output Feature Class
C:\temp\out%i%.shp
Here is the model, it uses inline substitution as described by Aaron. Note the output of the Polygon to raster tool is ..\fGBD_Scratch.gdb\ras_%Value%. Value is coming from the iterator which in this case was set to FID to hand out unique rows. So the first raster dataset would be ras_1, then ras_2, etc.