public IFeatureClass IFeatureDataset__CreateFeatureClass(IFeatureDataset featureDataset, String nameOfFeatureClass) { // This function creates a new feature class in a supplied feature dataset by building all of the // fields from scratch. IFeatureClassDescription (or IObjectClassDescription if the table is // created at the workspace level) can be used to get the required fields and are used to // get the InstanceClassID and ExtensionClassID. // Create new fields collection with the number of fields you plan to add. Must add at least two fields // for a feature class: Object ID and Shape field. IFields fields = new FieldsClass(); IFieldsEdit fieldsEdit = (IFieldsEdit)fields; fieldsEdit.FieldCount_2 = 3; // Create Object ID field. IField fieldUserDefined = new Field(); IFieldEdit fieldEdit = (IFieldEdit)fieldUserDefined; fieldEdit.Name_2 = "OBJECTID"; fieldEdit.AliasName_2 = "OBJECT ID"; fieldEdit.Type_2 = esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeOID; fieldsEdit.set_Field(0, fieldUserDefined); // Create Shape field. fieldUserDefined = new Field(); fieldEdit = (IFieldEdit)fieldUserDefined; // Set up geometry definition for the Shape field. // You do not have to set the spatial reference, as it is inherited from the feature dataset. IGeometryDef geometryDef = new GeometryDefClass(); IGeometryDefEdit geometryDefEdit = (IGeometryDefEdit)geometryDef; geometryDefEdit.GeometryType_2 = ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.esriGeometryType.esriGeometryPolyline; // By setting the grid size to 0, you are allowing ArcGIS to determine the appropriate grid sizes for the feature class. // If in a personal geodatabase, the grid size is 1,000. If in a file or ArcSDE geodatabase, the grid size // is based on the initial loading or inserting of features. geometryDefEdit.GridCount_2 = 1; geometryDefEdit.set_GridSize(0, 0); geometryDefEdit.HasM_2 = false; geometryDefEdit.HasZ_2 = false; // Set standard field properties. fieldEdit.Name_2 = "SHAPE"; fieldEdit.Type_2 = esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeGeometry; fieldEdit.GeometryDef_2 = geometryDef; fieldEdit.IsNullable_2 = true; fieldEdit.Required_2 = true; fieldsEdit.set_Field(1, fieldUserDefined); // Create a field of type double to hold some information for the features. fieldUserDefined = new Field(); fieldEdit = (IFieldEdit)fieldUserDefined; fieldEdit.Name_2 = "Avg_income"; fieldEdit.AliasName_2 = "Average income for 1999-2000"; fieldEdit.Editable_2 = true; fieldEdit.IsNullable_2 = false; fieldEdit.Precision_2 = 2; fieldEdit.Scale_2 = 5; fieldEdit.Type_2 = esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeDouble; fieldsEdit.set_Field(2, fieldUserDefined); // Create a feature class description object to use for specifying the CLSID and EXTCLSID. IFeatureClassDescription fcDesc = new FeatureClassDescriptionClass(); IObjectClassDescription ocDesc = (IObjectClassDescription)fcDesc; return featureDataset.CreateFeatureClass(nameOfFeatureClass, fields, ocDesc.InstanceCLSID, ocDesc.ClassExtensionCLSID, esriFeatureType.esriFTSimple, "SHAPE", ""); }