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ET GeoWizards Scripting

Lines from Points Direction and Distance
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Creates single segmented polylines from a point dataset that has in the attribute table fields which values represent direction and distance from each point to the target point. 

Syntax    

Dim ET As  New ETGW_Core
Set variable = ET.LinesFromPointsDirectionDistance(pInFeatureClass, sOutFileName, _
                                             sDistField, sDirField, sDirType, sDirUnits, sMessage)

The LinesFromPointsDirectionDistance method syntax has the following object qualifier and arguments:

Part Description
variable An IFeatureClass object
pInFeatureClass Required. An IFeatureClass object (Must be a Point feature class)
sOutFileName Required. A String - the full name of the output feature class (A feature class with the same full name should not exist)
sDistField Required. A String representing the name of a field in the in the attribute table of the input dataset field name.  The field has the values for the lengths of the lines to be created.
sDirField Required. A String representing the name of a field in the in the attribute table of the input dataset field name.  The field has the values for the directions of the lines to be created.
sDirType Required. A String -  the type of the output angle for the direction of the segments. The available options are (Case sensitive): 
  • "Polar" 
  • "NorthAzimuth" or "North Azimuth"
  • "SouthAzimuth"  or "South Azimuth" 
  • "QuadrantBearing" or "Quadrant Bearing"

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sDirUnits Required. A String -  the units of the output angle for the direction of the segments. The available options are (Case sensitive): 
  • "DD" or "Decimal Degrees"
  • "DMS" or "Degrees Minutes Seconds"
  • "Rad" or "Radians"
  • "Grad" - Gradians (One gradian is equal to 1/400 circle)
  • "Gon" - Gons - used in some European countries (One gon is equal to 1/400 circle)
sMessage Optional. In a case of failure -  description of the cause. If the functions completes with success an empty string will be returned. 

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