Copying the tutorial data
First, you will copy the tutorial data to a local drive. You will use ArcCatalog to browse to and copy the data.
Copying the tutorial data
Steps:
- Start ArcCatalog by clicking Start > All Programs > ArcGIS > ArcCatalog 10.
- Click in the Location combo box and type the path C:\arcgis\ArcTutor, which is where the tutorial data is installed and press ENTER.
- Right-click the 3DAnalyst folder and click Copy.
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Click the Connect to Folder
button, and choose the local drive where you want to place a copy of the tutorial data to work from, then click OK.
- Right-click the local drive you just made in your Folder Connections list and click Paste.
- Double-click the 3DAnalyst folder on your local drive and copy the path from the Location combo box.
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Click the Connect to Folder
button and paste the path, then click OK.
The tutorial data folder is copied to your local drive. Now you'll make a folder connection to the 3DAnalyst folder in the Catalog Tree. A folder connection acts like a bookmark or mapped drive to a path you frequently use.
There should be nine exercise folders and one file geodatabase in your local drive.
![Contents of 3D Analyst tutorial data Contents of 3D Analyst tutorial data](00q8/GUID-9C925B9D-63C5-42F5-93A2-6D30BF524749-web.png)
There is now a folder connection in the Catalog Tree for your local copy of the tutorial data.
You can also disconnect the folder you do not need here. For example, right-click the folder C:\arcgis\ArcTutor and click Disconnect Folder
.
![Disconnect From Folder Disconnect From Folder](00q8/GUID-B69319C6-F517-4E8B-8D34-8C6FF8668E32-web.png)
Now the folder is no longer available in the Catalog tree.
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