Label | Explanation | Data Type |
Input Features | The input features that can be line or polygon. | Feature Layer |
Output Feature Class | The output point feature class. | Feature Class |
Point Type (Optional) | Specifies where an output point will be created.
| String |
Summary
Creates a feature class containing points generated from specified vertices or locations of the input features.
Illustration
Usage
The attributes of the input features will be maintained in the output feature class. A new field, ORIG_FID, will be added to the output feature class and set to the input feature IDs.
For multipart lines or polygons, each part will be treated as a line. Therefore, each part will have its own start, end, and mid points, as well as possible dangle point(s).
A parametric (true) curve has only the start and end points and will not be densified.
For the Dangle option of the Point Type parameter on the dialog box (the point_location parameter in Python), an additional field, DANGLE_LEN carrying the dangle length values in feature unit, will be added to the output feature class. For an isolated line, both endpoints are dangle points; therefore, the dangle length is the line length itself. For a dangle line that intersects another line at one of its endpoints, the dangle length is measured from the dangling endpoint to the intersection.
Parameters
arcpy.management.FeatureVerticesToPoints(in_features, out_feature_class, {point_location})
Name | Explanation | Data Type |
in_features | The input features that can be line or polygon. | Feature Layer |
out_feature_class | The output point feature class. | Feature Class |
point_location (Optional) | Specifies where an output point will be created.
| String |
Code sample
The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the FeatureVerticesToPoints function in immediate mode.
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
env.workspace = "C:/data"
arcpy.FeatureVerticesToPoints_management("parcels.shp",
"c:/output/output.gdb/parcels_corner",
"ALL")
The following stand-alone script is a simple example of how to apply the FeatureVerticesToPoints function in a scripting environment.
# Name: FeatureVerticesToPoints_Example2.py
# Description: Use FeatureVerticesToPoints function to get the mid-points
# of input line features
# import system modules
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:/data"
# Set local variables
inFeatures = "majorrds.shp"
outFeatureClass = "c:/output/output.gdb/majorrds_midpt"
# Execute FeatureVerticesToPoints
arcpy.FeatureVerticesToPoints_management(inFeatures, outFeatureClass, "MID")
Environments
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