Do the TractBuilder Tools create graphics or must you use a TractBuilder feature class?
A. Neither. The TractBuilder Tools were designed to streamline the edit process by working in a “Standard Edit Session”, meaning that any layer type (shapefiles, geodatabases, etc.) that you can edit with ArcMap, you can use the TractBuilder Tools on, no conversion necessary. If you would like the tools to produce graphics there are ways within ArcMap do so very easily.