Label | Explanation | Data Type |
Input Features | The input line features to be split. | Feature Layer |
Point Features | The input point features whose locations will be used to split the input lines. | Feature Layer |
Output Feature Class | The new feature class that will be created containing the split lines. | Feature Class |
Search Radius (Optional) | Used to split lines by their proximity to point features. Points within the search distance to an input line will be used to split those lines at the nearest location to the point along the line segment. If this parameter is unspecified, the single nearest point will be used to split the line feature. If a radius is specified, all points within the radius will be used to split the line. | Linear Unit |
Summary
Splits line features based on intersection or proximity to point features.
Usage
Input Features must be lines.
If Search Radius (search_radius in Python) is unspecified, the nearest point will be used to split the line feature. If a Search Radius is specified, all points within the search radius are used to split the line.
Parameters
arcpy.management.SplitLineAtPoint(in_features, point_features, out_feature_class, {search_radius})
Name | Explanation | Data Type |
in_features | The input line features to be split. | Feature Layer |
point_features | The input point features whose locations will be used to split the input lines. | Feature Layer |
out_feature_class | The new feature class that will be created containing the split lines. | Feature Class |
search_radius (Optional) | Used to split lines by their proximity to point features. Points within the search distance to an input line will be used to split those lines at the nearest location to the point along the line segment. If this parameter is unspecified, the single nearest point will be used to split the line feature. If a radius is specified, all points within the radius will be used to split the line. | Linear Unit |
Code sample
This example shows how to run SplitLineAtPoint tool in a Python window.
import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = "C:/data"
arcpy.SplitLineAtPoint_management("streets.shp", "events.shp",
"splitline_out.shp", "20 Meters")
This example shows how to use a Python script to run SplitLineAtPoint.
#Name: SplitLineAtPoint_Example.py
# Description: split line features based upon near point features; Search Distance is in linear
# unit meters
import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = "C:/data"
inFeatures = "streets.shp"
pointFeatures = "events.shp"
outFeatureclass = "splitline_out.shp"
searchRadius = "20 Meters"
arcpy.SplitLineAtPoint_management(inFeatures, pointFeatures, outFeatureclass,
searchRadius)
Environments
Licensing information
- Basic: No
- Standard: No
- Advanced: Yes