def export_fc_to_csv(fc, out_csv): """ Export each vertex in a line or poly fc to a csv with OID user requested at http://arcpy.wordpress.com/about/#comment-348 example import geom_snippets geom_snippets.export_fc_to_csv(r"c:\proj\fc1.shp", r"c:\proj\fc1.csv") output csv looks like this 1,56019.99998067904,69118.00001450378 1,56159.99998080942,69026.0000144181 1,56359.999980995686,68913.00001431286 2,34985.00002508866,68936.00001433428 2,35178.000025268404,68805.00001421227 """ import csv with open(out_csv, 'w') as csvfile: csvwriter = csv.writer(csvfile, delimiter=',', lineterminator='\n') with arcpy.da.SearchCursor(fc, field_names=("OID@","SHAPE@JSON")) as cursor: for row in cursor: geom = json.loads(row[1]) for path in geom['paths']: for pt in path: csvwriter.writerow([row[0]] + pt)