topic Re: Instantiate TIN as Layer object - arcpy in ArcGIS API for Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/instantiate-tin-as-layer-object-arcpy/m-p/856363#M4025 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Seems as though you aren't the only person to come up with this issue.</P><P></P><P><A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.esri.com/thread/161557">https://community.esri.com/thread/161557</A></P><P></P><P><A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.esri.com/thread/189604-how-do-i-add-a-tin-to-arcmap-using-python">https://community.esri.com/thread/189604-how-do-i-add-a-tin-to-arcmap-using-python</A></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 16 Mar 2017 16:28:31 GMT IanMurray 2017-03-16T16:28:31Z Instantiate TIN as Layer object - arcpy https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/instantiate-tin-as-layer-object-arcpy/m-p/856362#M4024 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello! the following commands works with shapefiles and rasters, but i cannot manage with a TIN.</P><P>Do you know the reason?</P><P></P><PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none"><CODE>tin <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> C<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>\PROJECT\mytin arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>CreateTin_3d<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>tin<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> CoordSys<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> Input_Features<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>&nbsp; <SPAN class="comment token"># coord sys and input defined above</SPAN> mylayer <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">'{0}'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>tin<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><P></P><P>I get an error: invalid data source.</P><P>So i tried to save the TIN as a .lyr files first with arcpy.SaveToLayerFile_management(tin), but i get the same error.</P><P></P><P>With rasters and shapefiles i just give in input the full path of the file, but about the tin?</P><P></P><P>Thank you!</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:35:21 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/instantiate-tin-as-layer-object-arcpy/m-p/856362#M4024 martinaraffellini 2021-12-12T10:35:21Z Re: Instantiate TIN as Layer object - arcpy https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/instantiate-tin-as-layer-object-arcpy/m-p/856363#M4025 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Seems as though you aren't the only person to come up with this issue.</P><P></P><P><A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.esri.com/thread/161557">https://community.esri.com/thread/161557</A></P><P></P><P><A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.esri.com/thread/189604-how-do-i-add-a-tin-to-arcmap-using-python">https://community.esri.com/thread/189604-how-do-i-add-a-tin-to-arcmap-using-python</A></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 16 Mar 2017 16:28:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/instantiate-tin-as-layer-object-arcpy/m-p/856363#M4025 IanMurray 2017-03-16T16:28:31Z