I have a large grid file, and I am looking to extract each individual polygon that makes up the grid into a new layer. Essentially, I would like to replicate selecting a layer by mouse click, then "Create Layer from Selected Features".
I am familiar with coding in ArcPy and the Python environment as a whole, I suspect the best approach is to script this process there. My grid table does have each cell attached to a unique number, should this prove useful.
I've written the following code to attempt this:
import arcpy
import sys
from arcpy import env
from arcpy.sa import *
# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:/Users/Eric/Documents/"
#Set Local Variables
in_grid = "fishnet_clipped.shp"
out_feature = "polygrid2.shp"
where_clause = ' "FID" = \'2\' '
# Executing Select
arcpy.Select_analysis(in_grid, out_feature, where_clause)
{}
button that enables you to format any highlighted code nicely. – PolyGeo♦ Jul 16 '17 at 21:18