Variable width buffer along line

BartoszBrzeziński1

Hi everyone!,

i`m using Arcgis Desktop 10. 4 and i`d like to somehow obtain even distribution of value along line. I have river line. At the beginning of river section value is 3 meteres, at the end 6 meters - random values to present issue. Is it possible to get even distribution along that section? Thanks for help. 

JayantaPoddar

There should be better methods than the following.

Make a copy of the line feature before following the methodology. Also the layer/data frame should be in Projected Coordinate System with map unit in meters.

1. Cut and delete any unnecessary portion of the line for which you don't want to create the buffer.

2. Split the line into n equal parts. The more number of parts you create, the smoother output you will get (say you divide it into 60 parts since it is a multiple of 3).

2. Add a field (Float) to the attribute table for the buffer distance. Fill the attribute values using Attribute editor in regular intervals like 3, 3.05, 3.1, 3.15,....., 5.9, 5.95, 6. (Tedious task I know).

3. Create buffer based on the above Field.