Description
This tool converts the points in a point data source to lines (polylines) in a new or existing line data source. An integer unique ID field in the point attribute table is required to distinguish between different output lines, and another integer field is required that defines the order in which points will be connected. This order field does not have to start at 1 for each line, so if your point attribute table is already ordered you can either use the FID field, or better yet add a suitable order field using the addcodedfield command.
Syntax
convert.pointstolines(in, uidfield, orderfield, out, [where]);
| in | the input point data source | |
| uidfield | the unique ID field of the input feature data source | |
| orderfield | the point attribute field that can be used to sort the points into the correct order (must be numeric or date, but not a date stored as a text field) | |
| out | the output line (polyline) data source | |
| [where] | the selection statement that will be applied to the feature data source to identify a subset of features to process (see full Help documentation for further details) |
Example
convert.pointstolines(in="C:\data\telemetry.shp", uidfield="ANID", order="STEP", out="C:\data\anpaths.shp");
convert.pointstolines(in="C:\data\samplelocs.shp", uidfield="SAMPID", order="ORDER", out="C:\data\transects.shp");