Build Pyramids (Data Management)

Usage tips

• Building pyramids for raster datasets will help improve the display speed.

• You only need to build pyramids once per dataset, then the pyramids can be accessed every time you display that raster dataset.

• The following environment settings affect this tool: current workspace and pyramid (the pyramid level and resampling method do not apply to rasters in GRID, IMG, or TIFF formats).

Command line syntax
An overview of the Command Line window
BuildPyramids_management <in_raster_dataset>

Command line example

BuildPyramids_management D:\images\OverviewImage.img

Scripting syntax
About getting started with writing geoprocessing scripts
BuildPyramids_management (in_raster_dataset)

Script example

# Create the geoprocessing object
import arcgisscripting
gp = arcgisscripting.create()

gp.workspace = "c:/redlands_data"
gp.BuildPyramids_management("redlands1.tif")