Increase Line Length (Production Mapping)

License Level:BasicStandardAdvanced

Summary

Increases the lengths of lines from the center until they meet a specified length.

Illustration

Increase Line Length example

Usage

Syntax

IncreaseLineLength_production (Input_Line_Features, Minimum_Length)
ParameterExplanationData Type
Input_Line_Features

The line features to be lengthened.

Feature Layer
Minimum_Length

Any feature shorter than this length will be extended in both directions until it meets the minimum length value.

Linear unit

Code Sample

IncreaseLineLength example (stand-alone script)

This sample script increases the length of roads until they reach 400 feet.

# Name: IncreaseLineLength_Example.py
# Description:
# Author: Esri
# Date: February 2014

# Import arcpy module
import arcpy

# Check out Production Mapping license
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Foundation")

# set environment
arcpy.env.workspace="c:/data/LocalGovernment.gdb"

# Define variables
inFeatures="ReferenceData/RoadCenterline"
inFeatureLyr="RoadLayer"
minLength="400 feet"

# make a feature layer from road centerlines
arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(inFeatures,inFeatureLyr)

# Execute ExtendPolygonSides
arcpy.IncreaseLineLength_production(inFeatureLyr,minLength)

Environments

Related Topics

Licensing Information

ArcGIS for Desktop Basic: No
ArcGIS for Desktop Standard: Requires Production Mapping
ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced: Requires Production Mapping
6/12/2015