topic Re: Inserting points at specific intervals along a polyline in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Inserting points at specific intervals along a polyline

BrownGoat — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 22:36:23 GMT

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.

Re: Inserting points at specific intervals along a polyline

DavidSolari — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 23:14:33 GMT

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.

Re: Inserting points at specific intervals along a polyline

DanLee — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 23:14:48 GMT

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

Re: Inserting points at specific intervals along a polyline

JohnWatt — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 03:32:21 GMT

+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.