Adding a feature class to a 3D Layer in Map_3D

Question

Hi,

[ ArcGIS PRO 1.3.1 ]

I'm a bit stuck with arcpy when adding a feature class in the Map_3D viewer as a layer. Basically I'm trying to emulate the same thing that happens when drag-n-dropping a FC into the Contents pane, resp. the Map_3D viewer.

Code so far ..

import arcpy
 aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(pPath + pName)

fc = gdbPath + gdbName + '/myFeatureClass'
 lyr = arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(fc, 'myLayer')

for map in aprx.listMaps():
    if map.mapType == 'SCENE':
       map.addLayer(lyr, add_position = 'AUTO_ARRANGE')

But this produces an error .. What am I missing?

Thanks for any input!

Matt

MatthiasBuehler · Answer

Ok, true. This is the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "Y:\..\pyScripts\createCables.py", line 25, in <module>
 cc.createCables(pPath, pName, gdbPath, gdbName, pfc, mfc, rpk, lfc, a)
 File "Y:\..\cableCode.py", line 456, in createCables
 map.addLayer(lyr, add_position = 'AUTO_ARRANGE')
 File "c:\program files\arcgis\pro\Resources\arcpy\arcpy\utils.py", line 191, in fn_
 return fn(*args, **kw)
 File "c:\program files\arcgis\pro\Resources\arcpy\arcpy\_mp.py", line 1041, in addLayer
 return convertArcObjectToPythonObject(self._arc_object.addLayer(*gp_fixargs((add_layer_or_layerfile, add_position), True)))
ValueError: myLayer
Failed to execute (createCables).

DanPatterson_Retired · Answer

Well the reason I asked is because the error isn't specified and there is no way to check what it might be since the error may be due to the values of the parameters.

MatthiasBuehler · Answer

Hi,

Yes, they are defined as:

pPath            = project Path on disk (e.g. 'D:/..')

pName          = project file name ('.aprx')

gdbName      = path to GDB (usually sitting in the project path)

gdbName      = GDB name

It indeed may be more a question, sorry about that..

matt