Customised tool in ArcGIS using ArcPy

[Deepa]

I am trying to combine two operations (Feature to raster and Conditional operation) using python script in ArcGIS to create a customized tool. I would like this tool to be transferable so my friends can feed in their inputs - polygons and conditions, to get a raster output.

I have a polygon shapefile with me. Firstly, I would like to convert the polygons into a raster. Secondly, the rasterized polygons need to get values like 10% or 20% (user-specified values) the rest (outside polygons) gets a value of 1.

To do this I have attempted with a script, then got stuck. My python knowledge is minimal so please excuse me for silly mistakes 🙂 I guess the error is where I don't know how to define the output from the feature to raster conversion. The script is here:

I am trying to combine two operations (Feature to raster and Conditional operation) using python script in ArcGIS to create a customized tool. I would like this tool to be transferable so my friends can feed in their inputs.

I have a polygon shapefile with me. Firstly, I would like to convert the polygons into a raster. Secondly, the rasterized polygons need to get values like 10% or 20% (user-specified values) the rest (outside polygons) gets a value of 1.

To do this I have attempted with a script, then got stuck. It would be great if you could guide me through it. My python knowledge is minimal so please excuse me for silly mistakes 🙂 I guess the error is where I don't know how to define the output from the feature to raster conversion. The script is here:

import os
import sys
from arcpy import env
from arcpy.sa import * #Import all modules in arcpy.sa path
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Spatial")  

#The environments for the work is set up here
arcpy.env.cellSize = 25 
arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True 

in_features = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0) # In tool,Datatype is feature class
folder = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1) # In tool, Location of output folder
raster = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(2) #In tool, output raster name is defined as string in the tool

# newValue
newValue = float(arcpy.GetParameterAsText(3)) # use float or int and assigned as strings in the tool

#The formatable folder location and name for output
arcpy.AddMessage("Folder: {}".format(folder))
arcpy.AddMessage("Raster: {}".format(raster))
save_raster = os.path.join(folder, raster)
arcpy.AddMessage("Save Location: {}".format(save_raster))

#Two tools combining here
#Feature to raster conversion - Not sure how to write the output raster from this step. 
arcpy.FeatureToRaster_conversion (in_features, "", out_raster, 25)
#In the next line, the condition i would like to apply is if there is value within the raster layer, it gets newValue(user defined), otherwise 1 
OutRas = Con(out_raster, "", newValue, 1)
OutRas.save(save_raster)

[DavinWalker2 · Accepted solution]

Looking at your code I think it should be something like this:

#Two tools combining here
#Feature to raster conversion - Not sure how to write the output raster from this step. 
arcpy.FeatureToRaster_conversion (in_features, "", save_raster, 25)
#In the next line, the condition i would like to apply is if there is value within the raster layer, it gets newValue(user defined), otherwise 1 
OutRas = Con(IsNull(save_raster), 1, newValue)

OutRas.save(save_raster)

[Deepa]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply 🙂 

I defined OBJECTID as the field and the script is here:

#Two tools combining here
field = "OBJECTID"
arcpy.FeatureToRaster_conversion (in_features, field, save_raster, 25)
OutRas = Con(IsNull(save_raster), 1, newValue)
OutRas.save(save_raster)

However when i try to run the script tool with the changes as you suggested i get a final raster map with wrong  values like in the image attached(The expected result is a raster map with values 0.01 and 1) . Also ArcMap crashes after this.

[Deepa · Accepted solution]

The script worked when i changed the datatype as work space in tool parameters and saved output in geodatabase. Also made a minor change in script like this.

field = "OBJECTID"
arcpy.FeatureToRaster_conversion (in_features, field, "out1", 25)
OutRas = Con(IsNull("out1"), 1, newValue)
OutRas.save(save_raster)

Thanks for your helpful inputs 🙂