Latest Contributions by LukeSturtevant

I think you'll want a variation of this code found here​. I've modified the code and it worked for my test folder which has multiple subfolders and shapefiles. import arcpy, os workspace = r'C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\boundary' output_folder = r'C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\New folder' Dict = {} allFolders = [os.path.join(workspace, name) for name in os.listdir(workspace) if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(workspace, name))] def recursive_list_fcs(workspace, wild_card=None, feature_type=None):     """Returns a list of all feature classes in a tree.  Returned     list can be limited by a wildcard, and feature type.     """     preexisting_wks = arcpy.env.workspace     arcpy.env.workspace = workspace     try:         for root, dirs, files in os.walk(workspace):             arcpy.env.workspace = root             for fc in arcpy.ListFeatureClasses(wild_card, feature_type):                           Dict[workspace].append(arcpy.Describe(fc).catalogPath)             # Pick up workspace types that don't have a folder             #  structure (coverages, file geodatabase do)             subFolders = set(arcpy.ListWorkspaces()) - \                          set(arcpy.ListWorkspaces('', 'FILEGDB')) -\                          set(arcpy.ListWorkspaces('', 'COVERAGE'))             for subFolder in subFolders:                 arcpy.env.workspace = os.path.join(root, workspace)                 for fc in arcpy.ListFeatureClasses(wild_card,feature_type):                     Dict[workspace].append(arcpy.Describe(fc).catalogPath)             for dataset in arcpy.ListDatasets('', 'FEATURE'):                 for fc in arcpy.ListFeatureClasses(wild_card,feature_type,dataset):                     Dict[workspace].append(arcpy.Describe(fc).catalogPath)         if len(Dict[workspace]) > 0:             arcpy.Merge_management(Dict[workspace], os.path.join(output_folder,folderName+"_Merge.shp"))             print (folderName+"_Merge.shp" + " created")     except Exception as err:         raise err     finally:         arcpy.env.workspace = preexisting_wks    for folder in allFolders:       folderName = os.path.basename(folder).split(".")[0]     print folderName     Dict[folder]=[]     recursive_list_fcs(folder,wild_card = None, feature_type = "Point") ... View more

Is it a feature class in a geodatabase? Have you tried exporting to shapefile and editing or vice versa if it is a shapefile now? Also, I'm sure you may have already checked the different threads, but here is a thread that has a lot of workarounds that people have used. ... View more

Then mark Jake Skinner's reply as the answer for sure. Just use spatial join ​with any of the optional parameters​: import arcpy arcpy.SpatialJoin_analysis (pointFeatureClass, lineFeatureClass, outputFeatureClass,"JOIN_ONE_TO_MANY", "KEEP_ALL") ... View more

Could you maybe elaborate on what you are trying to do? What is touching the point feature? What is the Point Feature ID that you are trying to update? Do you have a completed example in an attribute table that you could share with us? ... View more

Dan, just out of curiosity, did you try a double except statement  with the first except block invoking a specific error set up similar to Gerry's except arcpy.ExecuteError: ? ... View more

Oh wait I didn't notice this before, but in addition to changing to a data frame object you also need to generate a mapping layer object to add to your TOC first: lyr = arcpy.mapping.Layer(tempFC) arcpy.mapping.AddLayer(mxd.activeDataFrame, lyr ,"TOP") Hopefully that will solve the issue. ... View more

Gerry what is the error message giving you exactly? ... View more

Python 2.7. It looks like that functionality is either redundant or did not follow over to 3.4. That's too bad. ... View more

You can have multiple except lines within a single try statement. That should not effect the code. ... View more

The Add Layer​ function looks for a data frame object not a data frame name. You should be able to just change your code to: arcpy.mapping.AddLayer(mxd.activeDataFrame, tempFC,"TOP") However, sometimes you need to explicitly set the layer to a full path like so: arcpy.mapping.AddLayer(mxd.activeDataFrame, "in_memory\\tempFC","TOP") ... View more

You got it. You can set the output parameter to be a Feature Layer and then direction to Output like so. ... View more

Matthew, the GetParameterAsText ​is for setting parameters for a script tool. In my code there are two parameters that the script tool would look for then. An Input Layer and an Output Layer. Also I need to edit the code because the first input should be arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0). If you want to test the code outside of a python script tool you would set the 'lyr' to a full path to a shapefile or feature class. Such as: lyr = "C:\Test.shp" ... View more

Python Add-Ins are definitely handy if you can get the coding to work. Whether you go with an add-in or just a standard script tool you'll want to set it up with a selection check like so: import arcpy feature =  arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0) outputFeature =  arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1) selectionCheck = arcpy.Describe(feature).FIDSet if not selectionCheck:    arcpy.AddError("\nYou must have a selection.\n") else:     arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(feature, outputFeature) ... View more

Is there any reason you wouldn't just use Copy Features ArcGIS Help (10.2, 10.2.1, and 10.2.2) ? I'm just trying to figure out what the purpose of creating a script tool would be when there are multiple standard ways to do an export operation within ArcMap? I suppose having a python add-in on mouse click or selection would be the most user friendly way to go about it. Is this for users who are not familiar with ArcMap? ... View more