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Create Centerlines
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Creates centerlines from polygon features.

Command line syntax

ET_GPCreateCenterlines <input_dataset> <out_feature class> <maximum_width> <minimum_width> <centerlines_type> {smooth_centerlines}

Parameters

Expression Explanation
<input_dataset> A Polyline 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)
<maximum_width> A Double representing  the aggregation distance. The polygons that are closer to each other than this distance will be combined
<minimum_width> A Double representing  the minimum area of holes to be preserved. All holes with area less than this tolerance will be removed.
<centerlines_type> Required. A String indicating the type of centerlines to be created. Case sensitive.
  • Inside - the centerlines will be created inside the polygons - suitable for deriving centerlines from rivers and streets represented by polygons
  • Outside - the centerlines will be created in the gaps between polygons - suitable for deriving street centerlines from cadastral data.
{smooth_centerlines} A Boolean indicating whether the resulting centerlines will be smoothed. B-Spline smoothing algorithm is used 

Scripting syntax

ET_GPCreateCenterlines (input_dataset, out_feature class, maximum_width, minimum_width,centerlines_type, smooth_centerlines )

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