Repair Geometry in ArcPy on .shps?

WendyDorman

I'm trying to run Repair Geometries on shapefiles using ArcPy in Spyder. The tool description states that it can be run on .shps but the code provided by Esri requires you to first run Check Geometry and then Repair Geometry, and the table output from Check doesn't appear to be correct for Repair. Does anyone have ideas for code that would apply to .shps not in a .gdb?

DanPatterson_Retired

Do you have an example of a check geometry that you think is not right?

And check doesn't need to be run before repair, unless you are curious

Repair Geometry—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop 

you could also copy the shapefile to a gdb, check/repair there, then export to a shapefile if you want to ensure that the shapefile complies with esri's implementation.