Disable COGO (Data Management)

Summary

Disables COGO on a line feature class and removes COGO fields and COGO-enabled labeling and symbology. COGO fields can be deleted.

Usage

• Disables the following COGO fields on the selected line feature class: ArcLength, Direction, Distance, Radius, and Radius2. These fields can be deleted.

• Removes COGO-related labeling and symbology from the line feature class.

• If a line feature class is not COGO enabled, the Traverse tool will not store any entered dimensions.

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• Use the Enable COGO tool to enable COGO on a line feature class.

Syntax

arcpy.management.DisableCOGO(in_line_features)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
in_line_features	The line feature class that will have COGO disabled.	Feature Layer

Derived Output

Name	Explanation	Data Type
updated_line_features	The COGO disabled dataset.	Table View

Code sample

DisableCOGO example 1 (Python window)

The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the DisableCOGO tool in immediate mode.

import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = r"E:\ArcGISXI\Mont\Montgomery.gdb"
arcpy.DisableCOGO_management("Landbase\Road_cl")

DisableCOGO example 2 (stand-alone script)

The following stand-alone script demonstrates how to check for and disable COGO on a line feature class.

import arcpy

#Variable to contain the path of the feature class that will have COGO disabled
lineFeatureClass = r"d:\test.gdb\myLineFC"

#Check to see if the feature class is already COGO enabled by using .isCOGOEnabled on a Describe
if arcpy.Describe(lineFeatureClass).isCOGOEnabled == True:
    #If it returns True, run DisableCOGO_management and pass the feature class
    arcpy.DisableCOGO_management(lineFeatureClass)
else:
    print("{} is not COGO Enabled".format(lineFeatureClass))

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments.

Licensing information

• Basic: No
• Standard: Yes
• Advanced: Yes