How to measure the distance of the intersection between a polygon and a straigt line?

Question

Suppose a straight line with a certain rotation angle 'alpha', intersec with a poligon, how to measure the segment within this poligon?
My plan is to use this routine to find the maximum 'width' of the polygon for a certain angle.
Thanks, shane

DaleHoneycutt · Answer

I'm assuming you have a feature class of the lines already constructed.  If so,  you could use the Intersect tool.   Intersect the polygons and the lines.  The result is a line feature class with the feature ID of the polygon that it intersects.  The result is simply the length of the line (shape_length if you're writing the output to a file geodatabase).

RobertBorchert · Answer

try the Euclidean Direction  distance tool or the Near tool.

However I think most of your built in options may require the Spatial Analysis extension.Suppose a straight line with a certain rotation angle 'alpha', intersec with a poligon, how to measure the segment within this poligon?
My plan is to use this routine to find the maximum 'width' of the polygon for a certain angle.
Thanks, shane