Precision for New Coverages (Environment setting)

Tools that honor the Precision for New Coverages environment will create output coverages that have the specified precision.

Usage notes

• This environment should be set to DOUBLE when using the Generate tool to convert a double precision file to a double precision coverage.

Dialog syntax

• SINGLE—New coverages will be created with single precision. This is the default.
• DOUBLE—New coverages will be created with double precision.

Scripting syntax

arcpy.env.newPrecision = precision_option

precision_option	Explanation
SINGLE	New coverages will be created with single precision. This is the default.
DOUBLE	New coverages will be created with double precision.

newPrecision syntax

import arcpy

# Set the newPrecison environment to DOUBLE
arcpy.env.newPrecision = "DOUBLE"