RemoveLayer not working

Anonymous User

Hi,

I've tried a few different approach to remove a layer from the TOC, but none so far works.

The ultimate goal is to add the layer to a group, then remove it from the TOC

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT")
df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd)[0]

addLayer =arcpy.mapping.Layer("C:\TEMP\ArcGIS\HighLake2004\Group.lyr")
arcpy.mapping.AddLayer(df,addLayer)

tgl=arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd, "Group", df)[0]

lyr = arcpy.mapping.Layer(OutPutLayer)
arcpy.mapping.AddLayer(df, lyr)

arcpy.mapping.AddLayerToGroup(df,tgl,lyr)

arcpy.mapping.RemoveLayer(df,lyr)
arcpy.RefreshTOC()

Then I have another question, even if I remove them after in ArcGIS, they are still available in my script parameters...

Anonymous User

Hi Dan, Here is th full code :

<SPAN class="comment token"># -*- coding: utf-8 -*-</SPAN>
<SPAN class="comment token"># ---------------------------------------------------------------------------</SPAN>
<SPAN class="comment token"># PYFromModel.py</SPAN>
<SPAN class="comment token"># Created on: 2020-02-10 13:20:12.00000</SPAN>
<SPAN class="comment token">#   (generated by ArcGIS/ModelBuilder)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="comment token"># Usage: PYFromModel <co_27b_res56k_nad83_grd> <tiltd_27a> <res56k_27a_sh> <Azimuth></SPAN>
<SPAN class="comment token"># Description:</SPAN>
<SPAN class="comment token"># ---------------------------------------------------------------------------</SPAN>

<SPAN class="comment token"># Import arcpy module</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> arcpy


<SPAN class="comment token"># Script arguments</SPAN>

InputGrid<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>GetParameterAsText<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
OutPutGrid <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>GetParameterAsText<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">1</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
Azimut <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>GetParameterAsText<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">2</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
OutPutLayer <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>OutPutGrid <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"_grd"</SPAN>

<SPAN class="comment token">##if InputGrid == '#' or not co_27b_res56k_nad83_grd:</SPAN>
<SPAN class="comment token">##    co_27b_res56k_nad83_grd = "co-27b_res56k-nad83.grd" # provide a default value if unspecified</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>InputGrid<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddMessage<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>InputGrid<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>env<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>workspace <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"C:\TEMP\ArcGIS\HighLake2004"</SPAN>
sr <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>SpatialReference<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"NAD 1983 UTM Zone 12N"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>


<SPAN class="comment token">#copy raster</SPAN>
<SPAN class="comment token">#tempEnvironment0 = arcpy.env.cartographicCoordinateSystem</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>env<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>cartographicCoordinateSystem <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> "PROJCS<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_12N'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>\
                                            GEOGCS<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'GCS_North_American_1983'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>\
                                            DATUM<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'D_North_American_1983'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>\
                                            SPHEROID<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'GRS_1980'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">6378137.0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">298.257222101</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>\
                                            PRIMEM<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'Greenwich'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0.0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>\
                                            UNIT<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'Degree'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0.0174532925199433</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>\
                                            PROJECTION<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'Transverse_Mercator'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>\
                                            PARAMETER<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'False_Easting'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">500000.0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>\
                                            PARAMETER<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'False_Northing'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0.0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>\
                                            PARAMETER<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'Central_Meridian'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token">-</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">111.0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>\
                                            PARAMETER<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'Scale_Factor'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0.9996</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>\
                                            PARAMETER<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'Latitude_Of_Origin'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0.0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>\
                                            UNIT<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'Meter'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">1.0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN>"
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>CopyRaster_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>InputGrid<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> OutPutGrid<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>DefineProjection_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>OutPutGrid<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>sr<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="comment token">#arcpy.env.cartographicCoordinateSystem = tempEnvironment0</SPAN>

mxd <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>MapDocument<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"CURRENT"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
df  <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>ListDataFrames<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>mxd<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN>

arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>MakeRasterLayer_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>OutPutGrid<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> OutPutLayer<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>gp<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>HillShade_sa<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>OutPutGrid<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> OutPutGrid <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"_SH"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"45"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"NO_SHADOWS"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"1"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>MakeRasterLayer_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>OutPutGrid <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"_sh"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>OutPutLayer <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"_SH"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
addLayer <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Layer<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"C:\TEMP\ArcGIS\HighLake2004\Group.lyr"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddLayer<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>df<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>addLayer<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>


tgl<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>ListLayers<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>mxd<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"Group"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> df<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN>

<SPAN class="keyword token">for</SPAN> lyrs <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>ListLayers<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>mxd<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"*"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>df<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
    <SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN> lyrs<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>name <SPAN class="operator token">==</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'Group'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
        lyrs<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>name<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>OutPutGrid


lyr <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Layer<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>OutPutLayer<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddLayer<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>df<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> lyr<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="comment token">##arcpy.mapping.AddLayerToGroup(df,OutPutGrid,lyr)</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddLayerToGroup<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>df<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>tgl<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>lyr<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="comment token">#LayersToRemove =[ lyr]</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>RemoveLayer<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>df<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>lyr<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>RefreshTOC<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

lyr <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Layer<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>OutPutLayer <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"_SH"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddLayer<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>df<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> lyr<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN> lyr<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>supports<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"TRANSPARENCY"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
        lyr<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>transparency <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">50</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddLayerToGroup<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>df<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>tgl<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>lyr<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"TOP"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>mapping<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>RemoveLayer<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>df<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>lyr<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>RefreshTOC<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="comment token">#LayersToRemove.append( lyr)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="comment token">#for LayerList in arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd,"*",df):</SPAN>
<SPAN class="comment token">#    if LayerList.name in (LayersToRemove):</SPAN>
<SPAN class="comment token">#        arcpy.mapping.RemoveLayer(df,LayerList)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="comment token">#        arcpy.RefreshTOC()</SPAN>

<SPAN class="comment token">##'arcpy.mapping.AddLayerToGroup(df,OutPutGrid,lyr)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="comment token">#arcpy.RefreshTOC()</SPAN>
<SPAN class="comment token">#arcpy.RefreshActiveView()</SPAN>
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