ETS_PolylineZCharacteristicss

PolylineZ Characteristics

Calculates several characteristics of the features from a PolylineZ feature layer. The results are stored in fields in a new polyline feature layer

A PolylineZ feature dataset
Output PolylineZ feature dataset
Linear precision - the number of digits after the decimal point for linear measures
Angular precision - the number of digits after the decimal point for angular measures
NODATA value - a number that represents undefined Z values. If the Z values of a geometry are interpolated from a surface and some of the vertices of the geometry are outside of the extent of the surface, they will not have Z values. Since ArcGIS does not accept NaN (Not a Number) values in Z enabled shapes, a numeric value is assigned to these vertices. If the Features To 3D function of ET Surface is used to derive the Z values, the NODATA value is -1000000000. When calculating Z characteristics this values need to be ignored. Segments that have a vertex with NODATA Z value will be ignored in the calculations.

Parameters

Expression	Explanation
Function Name	PolylineZCharacteristics
<input polylines>	A String - full path to the Input PolylineZ dataset.
<output polylines>	A String - the full path to the output PolylineZ dataset.
{linear precision}	An Integer representing the number of digits after the decimal point for linear measures.
{angular precision}	An Integer representing the number of digits after the decimal point for angular measures.
{NoData}	A Double - see explanations above.

ETSPath used in the table below is the full path to ETSRun.exe (E.G. "C:\Program Files\ETSpatial Techniques\ETSurface\ETSRun.exe")

Language	Syntax
Python	subprocess.call([ETSPath, "PolylineZCharacteristics", "input polylines", "output polylines", "linear precision", "angular precision", "NoData"])
.NET using ETSRun.exe	StartInfo.FileName = ETSPath StartInfo.Arguments = "PolylineZCharacteristics" "input polylines" "output polylines" "linear precision" "angular precision" "NoData"
.NET using ETSOutX.dll	PolylineZCharacteristics(input polylines, output polylines, linear precision, angular precision, NoData)
ArcPy	arcpy.PolylineZCharacteristics("input polylines", "output polylines", "linear precision", "angular precision", "NoData")

Notes:

<> - required parameter
{} - optional parameter
See examples for Python , .NET or ArcPy
The argument separator for StartInfo.Arguments is space. If a string might contain a space, you need to double quote it.