ERROR 000732: Cannot clip IDW product to boundary file with Python script

Question

I am writing a Python script to try to clip a raster generated by Idw_3d interpolation, but it's throwing the infamous 000732 error. I've looked at my file path, and it does exist there. I've opened it up with ArcMap, and it's there. However, I still get the error saying: ERROR 000732: Input Features: Dataset precipNew does not exist or is not supported

Note: I'm using IDLE for my IDE.

Here is my code:

import arcpy
from arcpy import env
#Not the actual workspace, it has been changed for this example
env.workspace = "C:\\Documents\\WeatherData.shp"
env.overwriteOutput = True
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("3d")
#arcpy.ListFeatureClasses() indicates that all of the data is present that I need to work with.
#Declare local variables
precipPoints = "PrecipMontana2014"
#Make feature class for the points to be interpolated
arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(points, "points_lyr")
#IDW
arcpy.Idw_3d(in_point_features ="points_lyr", z_field = "RASTERVALU", out_raster = "precipNew")
####Everything works fine until this point, when I try to clip it####
#MontanaBoundary is the boundary I want to clip the IDW raster to
arcpy.Clip_analysis(in-features = "precipNew", clip_features = "MontanaBoundary", out_feature_class = "output1")

The error then throws after this line.

• sneeze_shiny: I should have proofread it better, it should be arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(precipPoints, "points_lyr"), sorry about that.
• sneeze_shiny: Thank you, I didn't see that.

Answer 1

Use arcpy.Clip_management() to clip a raster, not arcpy.Clip_analysis() which is for clipping a vector feature class.

See: Clip (vector) documentation

and: Clip (raster) documentation

• sneeze_shiny: I tried that, both in the IDLE shell and creating a script, but I always get the RESTART: Shell notification. Would you happen to know why that would happen? It always wants to restart (without completing the process) when I run the arcpy.Clip_management process.
• Son of a Beach: You may need to post your full code (perhaps as a separate new question).