topic Re: Shrink lines at each end in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Batch shrink lines at each end

Bud — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:28:46 GMT

ArcGIS Pro 2.6.8; File Geodatabase

I have a line feature class. I want to shrink the lines at each end by n meters.

How can I shrink the lines in ArcGIS Pro? I want to perform this operation on 4000 lines, not edit individual lines.

Thanks.

Re: Shrink lines at each end

MatthewDriscoll — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:06:25 GMT

Divide by "From start/end of line".

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/editing/divide-a-polyline-by-a-value.htm

Or Split if you don't need the precision of Divide.

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/editing/split-a-feature.htm

Re: Shrink lines at each end

Bud — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:49:28 GMT

Thanks. Those tools seem to only work when editing one feature at a time. If I select multiple features, then the Divide/Split buttons are greyed out.

I edited the question to make it clear that I want to do it to an entire feature class, not just a single line when editing.

Re: Shrink lines at each end

MatthewDriscoll — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:54:15 GMT

Write a python script and loop through them.