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Perpendiculars To Polylines
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Draws a perpendicular polyline from each point to the closest polyline from the reference layer and calculates several attributes for each perpendicular line.
Command line syntax
ET_GPPerpendicularsToPolylines<input_dataset> <Reference_dataset> <out_feature class> <search_tolerance>
Parameters
| Expression | Explanation |
|---|---|
| <input_dataset> | A Point feature class or feature layer |
| <Reference_dataset> | A Polyline feature class or feature layer. |
| <out_feature class> | A String - the full name of the output feature class. |
| <search_tolerance> | A Double representing the Search tolerance (in the units of the spatial reference of the input point dataset) to be used |
Scripting syntax
ET_GPPerpendicularsToPolylines (input_dataset Reference_dataset out_feature class search_tolerance)
See the explanations above:
<> - required parameter
{} - optional parameter