Inserting points at specific intervals along a polyline

Question

HI all,

Can anyone tell me how to add points along a polyline at specific intervals? I am looking at a powerline and need to create points at 500m spacing, so i can then add powerline junctions off these points.

I have tried the offset tool but nothing seems to happen.

JohnWatt · Answer

+1 David and Dans suggestions.  There's both a GP and editing tool - the editing tool will let you create points along a line inside an edit session. Very similar but nice and interactive.

DanLee · Answer

You can try Generate Points Along Line tool.

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/data-management/generate-points-along-lines.htm

DavidSolari · Answer

If you're willing to dive into arcpy cursors and geometry objects you should be able to find a way to load in lines, generate points at set intervals along said line and then load those points into a feature class. There might be a stock geoprocessing or editing tool we're both missing but if you like solving little programming challenges this seems worth digging into.