topic Convert shapefile polygons to polylines in Model Builder in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Convert shapefile polygons to polylines in Model Builder

norcal916 — Tue, 28 May 2024 21:46:20 GMT

I was wondering if there is a way to automate the following process in Model Builder: How To: Convert Shapefile Polygons to Polylines (esri.com)

I'm stuck on steps 9-14 in the ArcGIS Pro section of the linked page.

I don't have an advanced license for ArcGIS Pro so I don't have access to the Feature to Polyline tool.

Re: Convert shapefile polygons to polylines in Model Builder

Matthew_Muehlhauser — Wed, 29 May 2024 15:28:11 GMT

There's a pretty straightforward way that you could do this with Python, and you could convert it into a script tool as well to use going forward. Although, in my version I work mostly in a GDB.

import arcpy # Gathering layer and field info project = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT") mv = project.activeMap lyr = mv.listLayers("POLY_LAYER_NAME") desc = arcpy.Describe(lyr) shape_name = desc.shapeFieldName oid_name = desc.OIDFieldName flds = [fld.name.replace(shape_name, "SHAPE@").replace(oid_name, "OID@") for fld in arcpy.ListFields(lyr) if "Shape_" not in fld.name] shape_index = flds.index("SHAPE@") #Create Empty Line Feature Class workspace = lyr.connectionProperties["connection_info"]["database"] result = arcpy.management.CreateFeatureclass(workspace, f"{lyr.name}_line", 'POLYLINE', lyr) line_path = result.getOutput(0) # Get the polygon features and convert to lines features = [list(row) for row in arcpy.da.SearchCursor(lyr, flds)] for ftr in features: geom = ftr[shape_index] ftr[shape_index] = arcpy.AsShape(geom.JSON.replace("rings", "paths").replace("Rings", "Paths"), True) # Insert new line features into new Line Feature Class with arcpy.da.InsertCursor(line_path, flds) as cursor: for ftr in features: cursor.insertRow(ftr)

The reason I used the json for the geometry is because this version accounts for multipart features and curves just by changing the "rings" to "paths" and the "curveRings" to "curvePaths".

One other thing is that I did a bit of substitution to change the Shape field to "SHAPE@" and the OBJECTID to "OID@". "Shape@" and "OID@" are keywords for the different cursors and it's easier to work with those so you don't have to worry about the actual name, which can be apparent in the beginning where we get the names from the Describe object.

Re: Convert shapefile polygons to polylines in Model Builder

norcal916 — Fri, 31 May 2024 21:14:52 GMT

Thank you. I tried using the code you provided but I received the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 27, in <module>
TypeError: cannot alter multipart geometry type

Re: Convert shapefile polygons to polylines in Model Builder

Matthew_Muehlhauser — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 11:37:40 GMT

Did you end up making any changes to the script? It's hard to tell for sure without seeing your data, but based on the error, my guess is it has something to do with the fields not matching up exactly. I didn't do too much testing myself, so you might just need to try running the below lines and see what it gives you:

flds = [fld.name.replace(shape_name, "SHAPE@").replace(oid_name, "OID@") for fld in arcpy.ListFields(lyr) if "Shape_" not in fld.name]

And then try comparing it to the result of:

[fld.name for fld in arcpy.ListFIelds("Line_Layer_Name")]

Keep in mind though that this second line doesn't replace the ID or shape fields with the "@" version, so there will be those two differences for sure.

If they are different, then you might need to find a way to account for that.