Feature Class To Shapefile (Conversion)

Summary

Copies the features from one or more feature classes or layers to a folder of shapefiles.

Usage

• The name of the output shapefile will be the name of the input feature class. For example, if the input is C:\base.gdb\rivers, the output shapefile will be named rivers.shp. To explicitly control the output shapefile name and for some additional conversion options, see the Feature Class to Feature Class tool.

• If the output shapefile already exists in the Output Folder, a number will be appended to the end to make it unique (for example, rivers_1.shp).

Syntax

FeatureclassToShapefile_conversion (Input_Features, Output_Folder)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
Input_Features [Input_Features,...]	The list of input feature classes or feature layers that will be converted and added to the output folder.	Feature Layer
Output_Folder	The output or destination folder.	Folder

Code Sample

FeatureClassToShapefile example (Python window)

The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the FeatureClassToShapefile function in immediate mode.

import arcpy
from arcpy import env
env.workspace = "C:/data/airport.gdb"
arcpy.FeatureClassToShapefile_conversion(["county", "parcels", "schools"],
                                         "C:/output")

FeatureClassToShapefile example 2 (stand-alone script)

The following Stand-alone script demonstrates how to use the FeatureClassToShapefile function.

# Name: FeatureClassToShapefile_Example2.py
# Description: Use FeatureClassToGeodatabase to copy feature classes
#  to shapefiles
# Author: ESRI
 
# Import system modules
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
 
# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:/data"
 
# Set local variables
inFeatures = ["climate.shp", "majorrds.shp"]
outLocation = "C:/output"
 
# Execute FeatureClassToGeodatabase
arcpy.FeatureClassToShapefile_conversion(inFeatures, outLocation)

Environments

Current Workspace, Scratch Workspace, Output Coordinate System, Extent, XY Resolution, XY Tolerance, Output has M values, M Resolution, M Tolerance, Output has Z values, Default Output Z Value, Z Resolution, Z Tolerance, Qualified Field Names, Output CONFIG Keyword, Auto Commit, Output Spatial Grid 1, 2, 3, Output XY Domain, Output M Domain, Output Z Domain

Licensing Information

ArcView: Yes

ArcEditor: Yes

ArcInfo: Yes