Skelebrator is available for use in Stand-Alone, MicroStation, ArcGIS, and AutoCAD modes. Skelebrator has slightly different behavior and features in some environments. This section describes using the Skelebrator software.

When using Skelebrator, please note:

• We strongly recommended that you first make a copy of your model as a safe guard before proceeding with Skelebration. In ArcGIS (ArcCatalog or ArcMap), there is no ability to undo your changes after they have been made.
• We strongly recommended that you eliminate all scenarios other than the one to be skeletonized from a model prior to skeletonization.
• Skelebrator reduces a WaterGEMS model and applies its changes to the model’s WaterGEMS datastore, which is contained within an .sqlite file. Skelebrator cannot view or make changes to a standard GIS geodatabase.
• To use Skelebrator with a GIS geodatabase, you must first use ModelBuilder to create a WaterGEMS datastore from the GIS data.
• To use Skelebrator with a CAD drawing, you must first use ModelBuilder to create a WaterGEMS datastore from the CAD file.