The ArcFM Geodatabase Extraction Tool, while visible in the ArcFM Solution toolbar in ArcCatalog, is no longer accessible.
If you previously used this tool to create backdrop databases, instead follow the updated instructions in the help topic titled Create Backdrop Geodatabase (Initial Extract Geodatabase).
You can follow Esri's steps instead of the ArcFM Geodatabase Extraction Tool to take the polygons that you'd used for spatial extraction, create a graphic that matches it, then use the 'Extract Data Wizard' from the Distributed Geodatabase toolbar to extract data from a spatial region as defined by that graphic.
- Open ArcMap and then open a Stored Display or .mxd of the data you want to extract.
- If it isn't already present, add the feature class used as the spatial extraction boundary (such as a county polygon).
- Set a definition query on the layer mentioned in step 2 (such as objectID=1 ).
- Ensure that layer is enabled in the Table of Contents, right-click it and select Convert Features to Graphics. Set the target as default and click OK. See Esri's Converting feature into graphics help topic for more information.
- Once you have a graphic, select it and then click the Extract Data tool from the Distributed Geodatabase toolbar.
- On the first page of the Extract Data Wizard that opens, ensure the radio buttons 'Data' and 'Geodatabase' are selected.
- Navigate to a .gdb that you want to extract to and select the check box to show advanced options for overriding the defaults. Click Next.
- On the next page, select the radio button to extract based on the boundary of the currently selected graphic.
- Clear any feature classes or relationships that do not belong in the extract, and click Next.
- Complete the rest of the wizard following onscreen instructions.
