featuresToRectangles

Features To Minimum Bounding Rectangles

Creates a bounding rectangle from each feature in the input feature class. Three ways to align the rectangles are available. Attributes of the original features are transferred to the resulting polygons.

Inputs:

A Polyline or Polygon feature class
The orientation of the rectangles to be created
- Along the longest segment of the polygon boundary
- Along the longest axis of the original polygons
- Minimum area rectangle

Outputs:

A polygon feature class. All attributes of the original features are preserved
New fields added to the attribute table
- ET_Length - the length longest side of the bounding rectangle in the units of the Spatial Reference of the input feature class
- ET Width - the length shortest side of the bounding rectangle in the units of the Spatial Reference of the input feature class

Examples:

	Bounding rectangle aligned with the longest segment of the boundary of the input polygon
	Bounding rectangle aligned with the longest axis of the boundary of the input polygon
	Minimum area bounding rectangle

ToolBox implementation
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Command line syntax

ET_GPFeaturesToRectangles <input_dataset> <out_feature class><Alignment>

Parameters

Expression	Explanation
<input_dataset>	A Polyline or Polygon feature class or feature layer
<out_feature_ class>	A String - the full name of the output feature class (A feature class with the same full name should not exist)
{Alignment}	A string defining the orientation of the rectangles to be created "Longest_Segment" - aligns the rectangle along the longest segment of the polygon boundary "Longest_Axis" - aligns the rectangle along the longest axis of the original polygons "Min_Area" - Minimum area rectangle

Scripting syntax

ET_GPFeaturesToRectangles (input_dataset, out_feature_ class, Alignment )

See the explanations above:
<> - required parameter
{} - optional parameter