Point Shapefile to Multiple Points

diggeo2020

Hello Everyone,

for multiple viewshed calculation i need my point shapefile divided into several shapefiles (each point should be one shapefile)

I was trying to use this ressource : http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=14127
but this is not working maybe due to at least 100.000 points...

then i was trying : http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/management/dss/split_by_attribute_tool.html

which takes nearly an hour for 1000 point shape files to create...

any other suggestions?

I'm using WIN 7, arcgis 9.3

diggeo2020

For all the guys using python instead of the gp:

1442401 is the nmber of points, and POINTID is the pointidentifier!

pfad="C:\\Users\\Riccardo Klinger\\Documents\\WD_Vis\\points\\points_all\\"
for i in range(1,1442401,1):
    clause= "POINTID = " + str(i)
    arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management("points_dem","NEW_SELECTION",clause)
    arcpy.CopyFeatures_management("points_dem",pfad+"output"+str(i)+".shp")

I see this was posted over a month ago, but here is what I would do:
Add a new field (number)and populate with an incremental number 1,2,3, etc... using:

Static rec As Long 
Dim pStart As Long 
Dim pInterval As Long 
 
' adjust start value if you want it to
' start at a value other than 1. 
' For example, 1000. 
' ====================================

pStart = 1 

' adjust interval value if you want it to
' increment at a value other than 1. 
' For example, 2. 
' =======================================

pInterval = 1 
 
If (rec = 0) Then 
rec = pStart 
Else 
rec = rec + pInterval 
End If
__esri_field_calculator_splitter__
rec

Then run this script in python:

 #import modules
import arcgisscripting

# Create geoprocessor object
gp = arcgisscripting.create (9.3)
gp.overwriteoutput = True
gp.Workspace = r"C:\...location of points and output points"

# Access parameters
Points = name of points feature class

#where n is the total number of points in the feature class +1
#where number is the name of the field you added above
for i in range(1,n,1):
    gp.Select_analysis (Points, "Output" + str(i), '"number" = ' + str(i))