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I am using ArcGIS Desktop 10 and Python 2.6.5.

i have created a "test.lyr" file, now i want to convert it either to shape file or raster file. i have created the "test.lyr" from "test0.tif" and added symbology from "test0.lyr" files as follows. 

 arcpy.MakeRasterLayer_management(tifFile,tmpFile,"#","","#")
 arcpy.SaveToLayerFile_management(tmpFile,curFile)
 arcpy.ApplySymbologyFromLayer_management(curFile,symbologyLayer)

the curFile in the above code is the test.lyr file obtained.

Can anyone show how to convert it to "test1.shp" or "test1.tif" file using arcpy?

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You can use the Feature Class to Shapefile geoprocessing tool to convert a lyr to a shp (see code example below).

BASEMAP_LOADER_Counties_lyr = "C:\\Temp\\BASEMAP.LOADER.Counties.lyr"
Temp__2_ = "C:\\Temp"

# Process: Feature Class To Shapefile (multiple)...
gp.FeatureClassToShapefile_conversion("C:\\Temp\\BASEMAP.LOADER.Counties.lyr", Temp__2_)

And you can use the Feature to Raster tool to convert a lyr to raster (see code sample below).

Feature_2_tif = "C:\\Temp\\Feature_2.tif"
BASEMAP_LOADER_Counties_lyr__2_ = "C:\\Temp\\BASEMAP.LOADER.Counties.lyr"

# Process: Feature to Raster...
gp.FeatureToRaster_conversion(BASEMAP_LOADER_Counties_lyr__2_, "OBJECTID", Feature_2_tif, "4832.40368")
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  • hi both arcpy.FeatureClassToShapefile_conversion and arcpy.FeatureToRaster_conversion did not work... Commented Aug 1, 2011 at 12:10
  • in most of the cases it says: The value is not a Feature Layer. i opened my a.lyr file with arcmap 10, it shows everything fine... Commented Aug 1, 2011 at 12:21
  • for the shapefile conversion exactly it says the following: ExecuteError: Failed to execute. Parameters are not valid. ERROR 000840: The value is not a Feature Layer. Failed to execute (FeatureClassToShapefile). Commented Aug 1, 2011 at 12:24
  • @thm, My two examples were from using ArcGIS 9.3.1. What happens if you try another different lyr using both tools, same error? Commented Aug 1, 2011 at 14:49
  • The OPs input data is not a featureclass layer, it's raster layer - i have created the "test.lyr" from "test0.tif" Commented Sep 24, 2020 at 23:43
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I converted a polygon KML to a layer by KMLtoLayer in ArcGIS 10.5... I only could convert this layer to shp by the following procedure:

# Final shp path (Example)
shape_path = r'E:\40\00_SOL_PONTUAIS\20200922_Rangel_Consalter_REGULADOR\SHP\teste.shp'

# setting workspace
arcpy.env.workspace = r'D:\' # folder where u saved your layer

# Converting to shapefile
arcpy.FeatureToPolygon_management(r'LAYER_NAME\Polygons',
                                  shape_path, '#', 'ATTRIBUTES', '#')
### OBS --> replace 'LAYER_NAME' be the name of your layer name
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