WARNING 000594: Input features <value> falls outside of geometry domains

Description

A shapefile unknowingly containing m-values can lead to unexpected downstream behavior, particularly in workflows that involve format conversions. For example, if a shapefile with m-values is converted to CAD data through a third-party application and then an attempt is made to import the resulting CAD data into a feature class through an ArcGIS Pro geoprocessing tool, the following message can be returned unless the 'Output has M Values' setting is set to 'Disabled' in the geoprocessing tool's 'Environments' tab. 

"WARNING 000594: Input features <value> falls outside of geometry domains" 

ArcGIS Pro geoprocessing tools that can create a new feature class have the Output has M Values environment setting in their 'Environments' tab that can be adjusted to the values 'Same as Input' (the default value), 'Enabled', or 'Disabled'. A description of this setting's values are referenced below:

• Same As Input: If the input has m-values, the output will also have m-values. If the input does not have m-values, the output will not have m-values. 
• Enabled: The output will have m-values.
• Disabled: The output will not have m-values.

While it may be expected that if the 'Output has M Values' setting within a geoprocessing tool is set to 'Same As Input' (if the geoprocessing tool's input does not have m-values) or 'Disabled', then the feature class created through the geoprocessing tool will not have an m-value, that is not the case if the feature class created is specifically a shapefile with z-values.

Cause

Due to the storage of m- and z-values being closely connected for shapefiles, a shapefile created through a geoprocessing tool that has z-values will also have m-values, regardless of what value the 'Output has M Values' environment setting is set to within the geoprocessing tool. See the tool reference: Output has M Values (Environment setting)

Solution or Workaround

To prevent a feature class from being created that unknowingly has m-values enabled through a geoprocessing tool, either of the following can be done with the assumption that the input for the geoprocessing tool does not have m-values enabled:

Create a shapefile through the geoprocessing tool that does not have z-values enabled

If a shapefile is created through the geoprocessing tool, create a shapefile through the geoprocessing tool that does not have z-values enabled. The workflow to ensure that z-values are not enabled when creating a shapefile through a geoprocessing tool is referenced below:

1. Open the geoprocessing tool to be used to create the shapefile.
2. In the geoprocessing tool, go to the Environments tab.
3. Expand the Z Values node if not already expanded.
4. In the expanded Z Values node, set the Output has Z Values dropdown value to either Same As Input (if the geoprocessing tool's input does not have z-values) or Disabled.

Create a feature class through the geoprocessing tool that is stored in a geodatabase as a file geodatabase feature class

If z-values must be enabled in the feature class created through the geoprocessing tool, create a feature class through the geoprocessing tool that is stored in a geodatabase as a file geodatabase feature class instead of in a folder as a shapefile. The workflow to ensure that the feature class created through the geoprocessing tool is stored in a geodatabase as a file geodatabase feature class is described below:

1. Open the geoprocessing tool to be used to create the file geodatabase feature class.
2. In the geoprocessing tool, go to the parameter that defines the output location (this parameter's name varies by geoprocessing tool).
3. In the parameter that defines the output location, either manually type out a file path containing a geodatabase name and a feature class name with no file type extension (such as 'C:/.../output.gdb/output), or click the Browse button next to the parameter to open the dialog box, navigate to a geodatabase in the dialog box, type a name for the feature class next to Name, and click OK to close out of the dialog box.