Python program script gis arcpy arcmap shapefile coordi| Ehsan Momeni

Create Polygon

The Python scipt creates a new polygon feature class containing a single ( square ) polygon with the following coordinates: ( 0, 0 ), ( 0, 1,000 ),(1,000, 0), and ( 1,000, 1,000 ).

# Ehsan Momeni

import arcpy
import fileinput
import string
from arcpy import env, da, Array

env.workspace = r"C:\Users\emomeni\" # workspace
env.overwriteOutput = True

infile = r"C:\Users\emomeni\Coordinates.txt" # coordinate files
outpath = r"C:\Users\emomeni\\" # output path

newfc = "Polygon.shp" # new shapefile name
arcpy.CreateFeatureclass_management(outpath, newfc, "POLYGON") # creating new shapefile

cursor = da.InsertCursor(newfc, ["SHAPE@"]) # inserting coordinates
array = Array()

for line in fileinput.input(infile):
ID, X, Y = string.split(line," ")
array.add(arcpy.Point(X, Y))

cursor.insertRow([arcpy.Polygon(array)])
fileinput.close()

del cursor

Create Polygon​

Create Polygon