What's new in XTools Pro 23.0

XTools Pro 23.0 is a new major version introducing following new and updated tools and features:

Go to ArcGIS Online
- New feature to open current map locations on the ArcGIS Online maps.

Definition Query Switcher
- New tools to easily turn definition queries on and off from the ribbon, switch between queries, and create new queries from selections.

Shapes to Centroids
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New tool for converting polylines and polygons to centroid points is now brought to ArcGIS Pro users.

Random Sampling Points
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Creating randomly spread points is now available in ArcGIS Pro.

Table Statistics
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New tool to calculate statistics for attributes and standalone tables has been added.

Edit in Excel
- Increased performance for larger datasets.

XTools Pro Catalog
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Viewing table and properties windows are now available for the selected items from the context menu.
- It is now possible to view only spatial datasets using the "GIS items only" filter.
- Displaying size and last modified date for the geodatabase items is added.
- Shapefiles size is now correctly displayed.

Import from KML
- Output data can now be split into separate feature classes by KML folders.
- KML label styles are converted to label classes of output feature classes.

Export to KML
- Layer elevation can be used as KML altitude properties.

Export to GPX
- You can now convert polygon features to GPX routes or tracks.

Other changes:
- XTools Pro 23.0 can be used with ArcGIS Pro 3.x versions.
- Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

 

What's new in XTools Pro 22.1

XTools Pro 22.1 is a new minor update introducing following changes and improvements:

Support for ArcGIS Pro 3
- XTools Pro 22.1 is provided for use with ArcGIS Pro 3.x versions.

Other changes:
- New small icons for tools added to the quick toolbar.
- A few minor bug fixes.

 

What's new in XTools Pro 22.0

XTools Pro 22.0 is a new major version introducing following new and updated tools and features:

XTools Pro Catalog
- A
new dual-pane data manager for ArcGIS Pro.

Intersection Points
- A
new tool for creating intersection points is now available to ArcGIS Pro users.

Split Multipart Shapes
- Now you can split multipart shapes into parts or into components in ArcGIS Pro
.

Find Multipart Features
- A new tool to effectively find multipart features in feature classes.

Extract Raster Values
- A
new tool for extracting raster values to points attributes has been added.

Extract Raster Zonal Statistics
- A
new tool for extracting zonal statistics from raster datasets is now available.

Grid from Points
- A
new tool to create grid interpolating points values.

Grid from Contours
- Creating grid from contour polylines based on the specified height values is now available in ArcGIS Pro.

Grid to Contours
- A new tool for converting raster data models to contour polylines has been added.

Eliminate Slivers
- A new tool for finding and eliminating sliver polygons has been added.

Export to KML
- Time properties can be used in output KML file.
- Improved work with 3D features.
- Improved extracting by polygon features.
- Improved support for input layers with joined attributes.

Edit in Excel
- Now you can specify how to display the values of the fields with assigned coded domains. You can select between codes, descriptions, or codes and descriptions.

Features to Points
- Fixed creating center points from 3D polygons.

Export to GPX
- Fixed errors in the output attributes.

Import from GPX
- Fixed importing long descriptions to shapefiles.

Import from KML
- Fixed importing to shapefiles.

Find Duplicate Features
- Fixed finding duplicates by geometry.
- Fixed support for DBF and SDE tables.

Sort Features
- Fixed support for DBF and SDE tables.

Split Polylines
- Fixed work with null geometry.

Split by Attributes
- Fixed splitting to output feature layers.

Rename Multiple Datasets

- Fixed work with shapefiles.

Other changes:
- XTools Pro 22.0 can be used with ArcGIS Pro 2.8 - 2.9 versions.
- Improved work with input datasets from Catalog.
- Improved work with input layers.
- Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

 

What's new in XTools Pro 21.1

XTools Pro 21.1 is a new minor update introducing following changes and improvements:

Support for ArcGIS Pro 2.8
- XTools Pro 21.1 can be installed and used with the new ArcGIS Pro 2.8.

Edit in Excel
- Added optional dialog window allowing to select input layers and fields to edit in Excel.
- Improved performance.

Table to Excel
- Relates are now supported and can be added to the output XLSX workbook as separate sheets.

Modify Table
- Field properties (aliases, order, visibility) of the input layers are now supported.

Export to KML
- Selected tool parameters are kept for the next session by default.
- Fixed exporting invisible outlines for polygon symbols.

- Features are now always labeled in the Contents window (in Google Earth, ArcGIS Earth etc.).

Import from KML
- Selected tool parameters are kept for the next session by default.
- Fixed work with feature labels.

- Improved tool performance.

Split Polylines
- Split method "At intersections" is added.

Data Source Manager
- Fixed work with raster files.

Domain Manager
- Fixed import/export of domain values.

Create Fishnet
- Fixed clipping by selected features.
- Fixed clipping of polyline fishnet.

- Fixed work with changed extent.

Other changes:
- XTools Pro 21.1 can be used with ArcGIS Pro 2.6 - 2.8 versions.
- Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

 

What's new in XTools Pro 21.0 for ArcGIS Pro

XTools Pro 21.0 is a new major version introducing following new tools and features:

User Interface
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The most useful and handy tools and features are now available on the Map and other tabs on the ribbon.

Identify Pro
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The well-known feature identification tool is now brought to ArcGIS Pro.

Modify Table
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The popular tool for reordering, renaming, adding and removing fields is now available in ArcGIS Pro.

Show Nodes, Show Directions, Hide All
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The handy tiny features to show/hide feature nodes and directions are now available to ArcGIS Pro users.

Make Layers the Only Editable, Make All Layers Editable
- A couple of new features for ArcGIS Pro users to easily and promptly manage layers editability in the maps.

Domain Manager
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The powerful tool to manage geodatabase domains is added to ArcGIS Pro.

Data Source Manager
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The tool to effectively change and fix broken links to data sources is now available in ArcGIS Pro.

Find Duplicate Features
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The tool allows to compare and find duplicate feature by one or a few fields.

Find Nearest Features
- The tool to find nearest features is added to ArcGIS Pro.

Sort Features
- Now you can sort features and records by one or a few fields in ArcGIS Pro.

Fill Holes
- A new tool to easily fill unnecessary holes in polygon features.

Edit in Excel
- Added support for layer properties (selected features, definition queries, fields order and visibility, joined and read-only fields).

Export to KML
- Added an option to export multiple layers to single KML files.

Copy Properties
- Now you can copy field order and pop-up configuration settings between layers.

Geoprocessing tools

Following geoprocessing tools have been added and are available from XTools Pro Toolbox:

- Conversion Tools: Polygons from Polylines.

- Geometry Tools: Attract Features.

- Feature Tools: Add XYZ Coordinates, Calculate Geometry.

- Overlay Tools: Erase Features, Identity, Update Polygon Layer.

- Import/Export Tools: Table to Excel (Multiple), Export to KML, Import from KML.

Options
- Using selected layers as input features and generating default output paths can be switched off in the XTools Pro Options, this may speed up working with the tools.

Other changes

- XTools Pro 21.0 can be used with ArcGIS Pro 2.6 - 2.7 versions.

- Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

 

What's new in XTools Pro 20.1 for ArcGIS Pro

XTools Pro 20.1 is a new minor update introducing following changes and improvements:

Support for ArcGIS Pro 2.7
- XTools Pro 20.1 can be installed and used with the new ArcGIS Pro 2.7.

Other changes:
- XTools Pro 20.1 can be used with ArcGIS Pro 2.4 - 2.7 versions.
- A few minor bug fixes.

 

What's new in XTools Pro 20.0 for ArcGIS Pro

XTools Pro 20.0 is a new major version introducing following new tools and features.

Support for ArcGIS Pro 2.5

- XTools Pro 20.0 can be installed and used with the new ArcGIS Pro 2.5.

 

Geoprocessing tools

Following geoprocessing tools have been added and are available from ArcToolbox:

- Conversion Tools include Features to Points, Features to Equidistant Points (Fixed Interval), Features to Equidistant Points (Fixed Number), Polygons from Points, Polygons to Polylines, Polylines from Points tools.

- Import/Export Tools include Table to Excel, Table to Text tools.

- Geometry Tools include Divide Overlapping Areas, Split Polygons, Split Polylines tools.

- Analysis Tools include Convex Hull, Concave Hull tools.

 

GPX Plug-in data source
- Now you can directly read GPX files (version 1.0 and 1.1) in ArcGIS Pro.

 

Import from GPX
- A new tool imports GPX files to shapefiles and geodatabase feature classes (points and polylines) keeping attributes (including extensions).
- Output spatial reference and time zone can be modified when importing GPX files.

 

Export to GPX
- A new tool allows exporting point and polyline features from shapefiles or geodatabases to GPX file (version 1.1) for use on mobile devices.

- Time zone of input features or "zero date" can be set to record timestamps in output GPX file.

 

Export Coordinates

- A new tool for exporting coordinates of point, multipoint, polyline and polygon features to Excel (.xlsx) or text files (.csv).

 

Copy Properties

- More layer properties are now supported. Such properties as field properties (aliases, number formats and visibility), elevation, refresh rate and showing MapTips can now be copied between layers.

 

Make Layers the Only Selectable

Make All Layers Selectable

- A couple of new features for ArcGIS Pro users to easily and promptly manage layers selectability in the maps.

 

Table to Excel

- The reworked tool allows exporting tables to Microsoft Excel files (.xlsx).

- A new option "Open file after exporting" is added to open output files in the Microsoft Excel application right after exporting.

 

Table to Text

- The tool has been reworked from the Table to File tool.
- New tool allows to specify a delimiter to separate fields in the output text file.

 

Scale Manager

- Specified scale format is now supported for use in a map scale grid.

 

Options

- XTools Pro user interface theme (dark or light) is now changed with the ArcGIS Pro application theme (see ArcGIS Pro Options).

 

Other changes

- XTools Pro 20.0 can be used with ArcGIS Pro 2.4 - 2.5 versions.

- New notifications in the ArcGIS Pro Notifications pane.

- Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

 

What's new in XTools Pro 19.1 for ArcGIS Pro

XTools Pro 19.1 is a new minor update introducing following new tools, options and improvements.

Eye Dropper

- A new feature for ArcGIS Pro users for picking colors on the maps or from other applications and online services (ArcMap, ArcGIS Online etc.) and saving them to style gallery for reuse later.

 

Go To tools

- Fixed zoom levels in Google Earth, Google Earth Web and ArcGIS Earth if used with ArcGIS Pro 2.3 and newer versions.

 

Export to KML

- Fixed Document location option for output files.

 

Create Fishnet

- Now fishnet cells can be generated from the user defined corner (see Options).

 

Outside Center Lines

- A new option to set minimum distance between polygons.

 

Split Polylines

- Fixed splitting polylines with points.

 

Edit in Excel, Show in Folder, Find in Catalog

- Fixed commands in the item context menu if used with ArcGIS Pro 2.4 and newer versions.

 

What's new in XTools Pro 19.0 for ArcGIS Pro

XTools Pro 19.0 is a new major version introducing following new tools and features.

Rename Multiple Datasets

- A new advanced tool for renaming multiple datasets at once using various flexible and customizable renaming masks and options.

 

Show in Folder

- A new feature allowing to quickly open folders containing datasets (shapefiles, tables, geodatabases, raster files etc.) selected in the Table of contents or Catalog (Pane or View).

 

Find Dataset in Catalog

- A new handy tool to find and browse to the selected layer’s dataset in Catalog Pane.

 

Weighted Thiessen Polygons

- A new tool for building Thiessen polygons from point features taking into account point weights.

 

Constrained Thiessen Polygons

- A new tool for building Thiessen polygons from point features within the user defined boundaries.

 

Other changes

- XTools Pro 19.0 is provided for use with ArcGIS Pro 2.2 - 2.3 versions.

- Other enhancements and bug fixes.

 

 

What's new in XTools Pro 18.1 for ArcGIS Pro

XTools Pro 18.1 is a new minor update introducing following new tools, changes and improvements.

NEW TOOLS

Edit in Excel
- A new tool to efficiently edit tables added in ArcGIS Pro allowing to utilize the power of Microsoft Excel.

 

Scale Manager
- A new tool for efficient and interactive management of scale ranges for map layers.

 

Go to Google Earth (web based)
- Added support for a web based Google Earth version for Chrome
https://earth.google.com/web/

 

UPDATED TOOLS

 

Polygons from Points

- Updated and improved algorithm.

 

Polylines from Points

- Updated and improved algorithm.
- Added new option to close output polylines.

 

Center Lines

Calculate Polygon Width

- bug fixes.

 

Other changes

- XTools Pro 18.1 is provided for use with ArcGIS Pro 2.2.x versions.

- Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

 

What's new in XTools Pro 18.0 for ArcGIS Pro

XTools Pro 18.0 is a new major version introducing following new tools, features and improvements:

Export to KML
- New tool for exporting data to KML (KMZ) files.

Import from KML
- New tool for importing data from KML (KMZ) files.

Create Fishnet
- New tool for creating rectangular and hexagonal fishnets.

Split by Attributes
- New tool for splitting feature classes into separate feature classes or layers by specified attribute fields.

Rotate Point Symbols
- New tool for rotating point symbols in the maps
according to the specified baselines.

Align Polygons
- New tool for rotating polygons along selected baselines.

Attract Features
- New tool for attracting features to selected baselines.

Calculate Polygon Width
- New tool for calculating polygon width values along polygon center lines.

Outside Center Lines
- New tool for creating center lines between polygons.

Enhanced and updated tools

Features to Points
- Added new option to manage direction of point generation for fixed intervals.

Square Off Polygons
- Added new option to select required spatial reference.

Convex Hull
- New algorithm used for creating hulls.

Other changes
- Trial license keys now can be used to try XTools Pro for ArcGIS Pro.
- Minor enhancements and bug fixes.

 

What's new in XTools AGP 17.1

Center Lines

- A new tool for creating center lines from polygon features.

Square Off Polygons

- A new tool to square off angles of polygon features.

Concave Hull

- Added support for holes, a new option allows excluding empty spaces from hulls.

Polygons from Polylines

- Added advanced option.
- Fixed label points option.

Go to Google Earth

- Newer Google Earth Pro versions now supported.

Table to Text/Table to Excel

- Fixed support for domains and subtypes.

Other changes

- Stability improvements.
- Minor enhancements and bug fixes.

 

What's new in XTools AGP 17.0

Concave Hull

A new tool for building concave hulls for feature datasets.

Divide Overlapping Areas

A new tool for splitting overlapping polygons using center lines.

Other changes

- New XTools AGP 17.0 version is compatible and can be used with ArcGIS Pro 2.0
- Various bug fixes.

 

What's new in XTools AGP 16.1

XTools AGP 16.1 is a new minor update introducing following new tools, changes and improvements:

Erase Features

A new Layer Operations tool allowing to erase features in one layer by overlaying features of another layer has been added.

Update Polygon Layer

A new Layer Operations tool for updating polygon features has been added.

Other changes

- New XTools AGP 16.1 version is compatible and can be used with ArcGIS Pro 1.3 and 1.3.1.
- Various bug fixes.

 
 
 

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