Trouble with writing feature to shapefile

MarionConstante — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:12:47 GMT

I created a new shapefile and using the cursor I'm trying to add data to the new shapefile using an array. When I run the python script this always shows:

feat.shape = pointArray
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.2\arcpy\arcpy\arcobjects\_base.py", line 35, in __setattr__
    return setattr(self._arc_object, attr, ao)
RuntimeError: ERROR 999999: Error executing function.

The code snippet for the cursor is (in bold is what seems to be the problem):

    output = "Points.shp"
    arcpy.CreateFeatureclass_management("C:/workspace", output, "POINT")
    cur = arcpy.InsertCursor(output)
    pointArray = arcpy.Array()

    # start point
    start = arcpy.Point()
    (start.ID, start.X, start.Y) = (1, origin_x, origin_y)
    pointArray.add(start)

    # end point
    end = arcpy.Point()
    (end.ID, end.X, end.Y) = (2, end_x, end_y)
    pointArray.add(end)

    feat = cur.newRow()
    feat.shape = pointArray
    cur.insertRow(feat)

Any thoughts, I am still new to python.

Thanks

Re: Trouble with writing feature to shapefile

ShaunWalbridge — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 18:17:26 GMT

Marion,

The problem is that you're initially creating a shapefile with type "POINT", but then trying to write Polylines to it. Change the create feature class layer to:

arcpy.CreateFeatureclass_management("C:/workspace", output, "POLYLINE")

cheers,
Shaun

Re: Trouble with writing feature to shapefile

MarionConstante — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 14:44:25 GMT

Thanks it worked

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