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Points Along Polylines Wizard

Creates points along the polylines of the input dataset.

• The points are located on user specified relative distance from the start point of the polylines.
• The user can specify an offset distance and on which side of the polylines the offset points will be created.
• If "Both" option is selected for each polyline will be created 2 points (one on the left and one on the right side), otherwise one point per polyline will be created.

Inputs:

• A polyline feature layer
• Relative distance along polylines. A value between 0 and 1 indicating the distance from the from point as a ratio.
  • 0 indicates the start point
  • 0.5 indicates a point in the middle of the polyline
  • 1 indicates the end of the polyline
• Side of the points - three options are available
  • Both - 2 points will be created on both sides of the polylines
  • Left - one point per polyline will be created and will be located on the left side of the polylines
  • Right - one point per polyline will be created and will be located on the right side of the polylines
• Offset -a distance from the polyline for the points to be created. If not specified, the points will be on the polylines

Outputs:

• New Point feature class with one or two (depending on the Side option) points per polyline
• The attributes of the original polylines are preserved
• The following fields are added to the point attribute table
  • [ET_ID] - the FID of original polylines. 
  • [ET_Along] - the distance from the start point of the polyline to the point created.
  • [ET_Offset] - the distance of the point created to the corresponding polyline.

Notes:

• The offset is measured in the units of the spatial reference of the input dataset
• The output spatial reference is the one of the input polyline dataset

Two Point datasets created RIGHT: Side = "Right" Distance Along = 0.5 Offset Distance = 50 feet LEFT: Side = "Left" Distance Along = 0.5 Offset Distance = 50 feet