Package com.esri.arcgis.geoprocessing.tools.conversiontools

The Conversion toolbox contains tools that convert data between various formats.

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Class Summary

AddCADFields	Adds CAD-specific fields, appropriately named to be recognized by the Export CAD tool to specify the CAD properties of exported features.
ASCIIToRaster	Converts an ASCII file representing raster data to a raster dataset.
CreateCADXData	Creates a table, formatted to be recognized by the Export CAD tool as AutoCAD extended entity data.
DEMToRaster	Converts a digital elevation model (DEM) in a United States Geological Survey (USGS) format to a raster dataset.
ESRITranslator	The ESRI Metadata Translator tool is contained in the Conversion Tools tool box.
ExportCAD	This function will create one or more CAD drawings based on the values contained in one or more input feature classes or feature layers and supporting tables.
FeatureclassToCoverage	Creates a single ArcInfo coverage from one or more input The Feature Class To Coverage tool is contained in the Conversion Tools tool box.
FeatureClassToFeatureClass	Converts a shapefile, coverage feature class, or geodatabase feature class to a shapefile or geodatabase feature class.
FeatureClassToGeodatabase	Converts one or more feature classes or feature layers to geodatabase feature classes.
FeatureClassToShapefile	Copies the features from one or more feature classes or layers to a shapefile.
FeatureToRaster	Converts features to a raster dataset.
FloatToRaster	Converts a file of binary floating-point values representing raster data to a raster dataset.
ImportCAD	Converts a collection of CAD files into feature classes and data tables using a predefined and highly normalized schema for the purpose of further translation into GIS data.
ImportCADAnnotation	Converts a collection of CAD annotation features to geodatabase annotation.
ImportCoverageAnnotation	Converts a collection of coverage annotation features to geodatabase annotation.
MDPublisher	The Metadata Publisher tool is contained in the Conversion Tools tool box.
PointToRaster	Converts point features to a raster dataset.
PolygonToRaster	Converts polygon features to a raster dataset.
PolylineToRaster	Converts polyline features to a raster dataset.
RasterToASCII	Converts a raster dataset to an ASCII file representing raster data.
RasterToFloat	Converts a raster dataset to a file of binary floating-point values representing raster data.
RasterToGeodatabase	Load multiple raster datasets into a geodatabase or raster catalog.
RasterToOtherFormat	Converts one or more raster dataset formats supported by ArcGIS to a BMP, GIF, GRID, IMAGINE, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG TIFF, or to a geodatabase raster dataset format.
RasterToPoint	Converts a raster dataset to point features.
RasterToPolygon	Converts a raster dataset to polygon features.
RasterToPolyline	Converts a raster to polyline features.
SetCADAlias	Renames one or more existing field name aliases by matching columns from the input table with a list of CAD-specific fields with the appropriate name recognized by the Export CAD tool.
TableToDBASE	Converts one or more tables to dBASE tables.
TableToGeodatabase	Loads one or more tables into a file geodatabase, personal geodatabase, or ArcSDE geodatabase.
TableToTable	Converts an input table to a dBASE or a personal, file, or ArcSDE geodatabase table.
USGSMPTranslator	The USGS MP Metadata Translator tool is contained in the Conversion Tools tool box.
XSLTransform	The XSLT Transformation tool is contained in the Conversion Tools tool box.

Package com.esri.arcgis.geoprocessing.tools.conversiontools Description

The Conversion toolbox contains tools that convert data between various formats. The following table lists the toolsets available in the Conversion toolbox and provides a brief description of each.

Name	Description
From Raster toolset Toolset	Contains tools that convert raster data to other formats
Metadata toolset Toolset	Contains tools to validate the metadata content according to a specific metadata standard or export the metadata content to standalone metadata files that can be used with other metadata software
To CAD toolset Toolset	Contains tools that prepare and convert features to a native computer-aided design (CAD) format
To Coverage toolset Toolset	Contains tools that convert feature classes to the coverage format
To dBASE toolset Toolset	Contains tools that convert tables to dBASE format
To Geodatabase toolset Toolset	Contains tools that convert features and CAD files to geodatabase feature classes.
To Raster toolset Toolset	Contains tools that convert data to rasters
To Shapefile toolset Toolset	Contains tools that convert features to shapefiles