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http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/19106/resolving-arcpy-getobject-not-point-error

If you want to use a function to be called, then you can look at this example. def pntXY(pnt): '''Gets X,Y coordinates given a point object, returns a list''' XY= [pnt.X, pnt.Y] return XY def shapeToPoints(a_shape,theType,arcpy): ''' pnts = shapeToPoints(a_shape, shape type, geoprocessor) Purpose: Converts a shape to points, the shape and its type are passed by the calling script Requires: def pntXY(pnt) ''' outList=[] part_num = 0 part_count = a_shape.partCount if theType == "Multipoint": #Multipoints while part_num < part_count: pnt = a_shape.getPart(part_num) XY = pntXY(pnt) if XY not in outList: outList.append(XY) part_num += 1 else: #Poly* features while part_num < part_count: #cycle through the parts a_part = a_shape.getPart(part_num) pnt = a_part.next() while pnt: #cycle through the points XY = pntXY(pnt) if XY not in outList: outList.append(XY) pnt = a_part.next() if not pnt: #null point check (rings/donuts) pnt = a_part.next() if pnt: XY = pntXY(pnt) if XY not in outList: outList.append(XY) part_num += 1 return outList