linesFromPointsDirDist

Lines from Points Direction and Distance

Creates single segmented polylines from a point dataset that has in the attribute table fields which values represent direction and distance from each point to the target point.

Inputs:

A Point dataset
Direction Field - a field in the attribute table that has the values for the directions of the lines to be created
Distance Field - a field in the attribute table that has the values for the distances (length) of the lines to be created
Direction Angle Type - the type of the output angle for the direction of the segments

Polar	North Azimuth	South Azimuth	Quadrant Bearing

Direction Angle Units
- DD - Decimal Degrees
- DMS - Degrees Minutes Seconds
- Rad - Radians
- Grad - Gradians (One gradian is equal to 1/400 circle)
- Gon - Gons - used in some European countries (One gon is equal to 1/400 circle)

Outputs:

New polyline feature class
The attributes of the input point features are preserved

Example :

Input Points	Point Attribute Table	Resulting Polylines

ToolBox implementation
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Command line syntax

Parameters

Expression	Explanation
<input_dataset>	A Point 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)
<direction_field>	A String representing the name of a field in the in the attribute table of the input dataset field name. The field has the values for the directions of the lines to be created.
<distance_field>	A String representing the name of a field in the in the attribute table of the input dataset field name. The field has the values for the distances of the lines to be created.
<NorthAzimuth \| SouthAzimuth \| Polar \| QuadrantBearing>	Direction Type. A String - the type of the output angle for the direction of the segments.
<DD \| DMS \| Radians \| Gradians \| Gons>	Direction Unit. A String - the type of the output angle for the direction of the segments.

Scripting syntax

ET_GPLinesFromPointDirDist (input_dataset, out_feature class,direction_field,distance_field, direction_type, direction_unit)

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