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Square Grids In Polygons

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Generates square grids located in the polygons of the input polygon dataset. The cell size for each polygon can be the same or different - based on the values in a numeric field of the input polygon feature class. The user can specify the rotation angle for the resulting square grids.

Inputs:

Outputs:

Illustration:

Cell size = 10, Rotational angle = "Along the longest side"
Completely inside = TRUE

sqGrid1

Original polygons labeled with the values in field to be used as a source for the Cell Size.
Rotational angle = "Along the longest Axis"
Completely inside = FALSE
sqGrid1
Original polygons labeled with the values in field to be used as a source for the Cell Size.
Rotational angle = 0
Completely inside = TRUE
sqGrid3

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Command line syntax

ET_GPSquareGridsInPolygons<input_dataset>  <out_feature_class> {side_length} {side_length_field} {angle_from} {rotation_angle} {angle_field} {inside_only}

Parameters

Expression Explanation
<input_dataset> A Polygon feature class or feature layer
<out_feature_class> A String - the full name of the output feature class.
{side_length} A Double representing the cell size for all polygons
{side_length_field}  A String representing the name of a numeric field which values will be used to get the cell size for each polygon
{angle_from} A String defining how the rotation angle will be specified
  • "Constant" - Constant for all polygons - (in degrees starting from East anti-clockwise)
  • "From field" - different rotation angle for each field (in degrees starting from East anti-clockwise)
  • "Longest Axis" - Along the longest axis of each polygon
  • "Longest Side" - Along the longest side of each polygon
{rotation_angle} A Double - specifying the rotation angle for all polygons.
{angle_field} A String - the name of the field to be used as source for rotation angle.
{inside_only} A Boolean defining whether the resulting square can intersect the polygon boundary or not.

Scripting syntax

ET_GPSquareGridsInPolygons(input_dataset,  out_feature_class, side_length, side_length_field,  angle_from, rotation_angle, angle_field, inside_only)

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

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