Copy Features

Title  Copy Features

Summary

Geoprocessing tool to copy features to a new feature class.


Usage


Syntax

Parameter Explanation
in_features

The features to be copied.
out_feature_class

The feature class which will be created and to which the features will be copied.

config_keyword (Optional)

Geodatabase configuration keyword to be applied if the output is a geodatabase.

spatial_grid_1 (Optional)

The Output Spatial Grid 1, 2, and 3 parameters apply only to file geodatabases and certain enterprise geodatabase feature classes. If you are unfamiliar with setting grid sizes, leave these options as 0,0,0 and ArcGIS will compute optimal sizes for you. For more information about this parameter, refer to the Add Spatial Index tool documentation.
spatial_grid_2 (Optional)

Cell size of the second spatial grid. Leave the size at 0 if you only want one grid. Otherwise, set the size to at least three times larger than Output Spatial Grid 1.

spatial_grid_3 (Optional)

Cell size of the third spatial grid. Leave the size at 0 if you only want two grids. Otherwise, set the size to at least three times larger than Output Spatial Grid 2.

Code Samples

CopyFeatures example (Python window)

The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the CopyFeatures tool in immediate mode.


import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = "C:/data"
arcpy.CopyFeatures_management("climate.shp", "C:/output/output.gdb/climate")

CopyFeatures example 2 (stand-alone script)

The following stand-alone script demonstrates how to use CopyFeatures to copy the shapefiles in a folder to a file geodatabase.


# Name: CopyFeatures_Example2.py
# Description: Convert all shapefiles in a folder to geodatabase feature classes
 
# Import system modules
import arcpy
import os
 
# Set environment settings
arcpy.env.workspace = "C:/data"
 
# Set local variables
out_workspace = "c:/output/output.gdb"
 
# Use ListFeatureClasses to generate a list of shapefiles in the workspace 
# shown above.
fc_list = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses()
 
# Execute CopyFeatures for each input shapefile
for shapefile in fc_list:
    # Determine the new output feature class path and name
    out_featureclass = os.path.join(out_workspace, 
                                    os.path.splitext(shapefile)[0])
    arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(shapefile, out_featureclass)

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