PolylinetoPoint

Converts a polyline data set to a point feature class

Inputs:

A polyline feature layer
Conversion option
- Vertices - the vertices of all polylines will be converted to points. If the "Remove duplicate points" option is selected the duplicate points created from the nodes of two polylines sharing a common node will be represented by one point. Note that if this option is used the attempt to convert back these points to polylines will produce incorrect result.
- Nodes - only the nodes of each polyline will be exported.
- Middle points - only the middle point of each polyline will be exported.
More options
- Remove Duplicate Points - the duplicate points created from the vertices of two adjacent polygons will be represented by one point. Note that if this option is used the attempt to convert back these points to polygons will produce incorrect result
- Calculate point Position along boundaries
  - If used the [ET_Order] field will be populated with the relative location of the vertex (0 to 1) from the start of the polylines.
  - If not used, the [ET_Order] field will be populated with the order of the vertex in the polyline (from 0 to number of vertices)
- Preserve Z(M) available only if the input feature class is of PolygonZ(M) type. If selected, the result will be of PointZ(M) type, otherwise the result will be of plain points (no Z or M values)

Outputs:

New point feature class
- All the original attributes of the polylines are transferred to the point attribute table
- New fields are added to the point attribute table
  - [ET_ID] - the FID of original polylines. The values can be used to link the points back to the polylines.
  - [ET_IDP] - this is a unique number identifying each part of the polylines. If a polyline with FID = 356 has 3 parts, the corresponding points will have values in this fields 356_0, 356_1 and 356_2.
  - [ET_X] - the X coordinates of the resulting points
  - [ET_Y] - the Y coordinates of the resulting points
- If the conversion option is "Vertices" or "Nodes" an Order field is added
  - [ET_Order] - the position of the point along the polyline . The value can be from 0 to 1 (if the Calculate point Position option is used) or from 0 to number of vertices (if not). The value of this attribute can be used if the polyline have to be recreated from these points.
- If the "Assign angle attribute" option is used an angle field is added
  - [ET_Angle] - the angle of the polyline in this point.

Notes :

See above for the use of the "Remove duplicate points" option
If the "Assign angle attribute" option is used, the points symbols can be rotated and in such a way can represent the direction of the polylines. See the example below
The functionality of the PolylineZ(M) To Point function available in the pre 11.0 versions is entirely included in this function.

Example:

Angle at the start of segments	Angle at the end of segments

ToolBox implementation
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Command line syntax

ET_GPPolylineToPoints <input_dataset> <out_feature class> <Vertex | Middle | Node> {remove_duplicates} {calc_point_pos} {point_angle} {angle_at_start} {keep_ZM}

Parameters

Part	Description
<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)
<Vertex \| Middle \| Node>	Convert Option. A String - the export option to be used. The available options are (Case sensitive): "Vertex" - - the vertices of all polylines will be converted to points. If {remove_duplicates} is True the duplicate points created from the nodes of two polylines sharing a common node will be represented by one point. "Middle" - only the middle point of each polyline will be exported. "Node" - only the nodes of each polyline will be exported. If {remove_duplicates} is True the duplicate points created from the nodes of two polylines sharing a common node will be represented by one point.
{remove_duplicates}	A Boolean used only with Convert Option = "Vertex" and Convert Option = "Node". If True the duplicate points representing coincident nodes will be removed.
{calc_point_pos}	A Boolean indicating whether the position of the points along the polylines to be calculated (only if the "Vertex option is used)
{point_angle}	A Boolean - indicates whether an angle attribute to be added to the point attribute table.
{angle_at_start}	A Boolean - indicates from which polyline segment to be calculated the angle. True - from the start segment, False3 from the segment end. See the main page of the function for an example.
{keep_ZM}	A Boolean indicating whether the the output will be of Z(M) type (only if the input dataset is of Z(M) type)

Scripting syntax

ET_GPPolylineToPoints (input_dataset, out_feature class, convert_option, remove_duplicates, calc_point_pos, point_angle, angle_at_start, keep_ZM)

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