https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-utility-network-questions/create-servicelines-automatically/m-p/1159803#M1673 <P>We have played around doing this in Arcade and an attribute rule.</P><P>Here is the code if you want to try it out.</P><LI-CODE lang="javascript">function find_closest_line() { var line_class = FeatureSetByName($datastore, "line", ["objectid"], true); //var candidates = Intersects(line_class, Buffer($feature, 500, "miles")); var candidates = line_class; var shortest = [1e10, null]; for (var line in candidates) { var d = Distance($feature, line) if (d &lt; shortest[0]) shortest = [d, line] } return shortest[-1] } function point_and_distance(point_feature, other_feature) { /* finds the closest point from point_feature to other_feature Args: point_feature: Point Geometry other_feature: Point/Line/Polygon Geometry Returns: dictionary {distance: number, // distance from point_feature to closest point point: geometry, // the coordinate pair of the closest point isVertex: bool} // if the closest point is a vertex of other_feature */ var point_feature = Geometry(point_feature); var other_feature = Geometry(other_feature); var shape = TypeOf(other_feature); var vertices; if (shape == 'Point') { return {"distance": Distance(point_feature, other_feature), "coordinates": [other_feature["x"], other_feature["y"]], "isVertex": true} } else if (shape == 'Multipoint') { var points = other_feature["points"]; var shortest = [1e10, null]; for (var i in points) { var p = points[i] var dist = Distance(point_feature, p); if (dist &lt; shortest[0]) shortest = [dist, [p["x"], p["y"]]] } return {"distance": shortest[0], "coordinates": shortest[1], "isVertex": true} } else if (shape == 'Polyline') vertices = other_feature["paths"] else if (shape == 'Polygon') vertices = other_feature["rings"] else return null var x = point_feature["x"]; var y = point_feature["y"]; // Loop through each part of the geometry and each segment, tracking the shortest distance var shortest = [1e10]; for (var i in vertices) { var part = vertices[i]; var previous = part[0]; for (var j = 1; j &lt; Count(part); j++) { var current = part[j]; var result = pDistance(x, y, previous["x"], previous["y"], current["x"], current["y"]); if (result[0] &lt; shortest[0]) shortest = result previous = current; } } // Couldn't find anything if (Count(shortest) == 1) return null return {"distance": shortest[0], "coordinates": shortest[1], "isVertex": shortest[2]} } function pDistance(x, y, x1, y1, x2, y2) { // adopted from https://stackoverflow.com/a/6853926 var A = x - x1; var B = y - y1; var C = x2 - x1; var D = y2 - y1; var dot = A * C + B * D; var len_sq = C * C + D * D; var param = -1; if (len_sq != 0) //in case of 0 length line param = dot / len_sq; var xx, yy; var is_vertex = true; if (param &lt; 0) { xx = x1; yy = y1; } else if (param &gt; 1) { xx = x2; yy = y2; } else { is_vertex = false; xx = x1 + param * C; yy = y1 + param * D; } var dx = x - xx; var dy = y - yy; return [Sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy), [xx, yy], is_vertex]; } function create_line(start, end_coordinates) { var geo = Geometry(start); return Polyline({"paths": [[[geo["x"], geo["y"]], end_coordinates]], "spatialReference": geo["spatialReference"]}) } var closest = find_closest_line(); if (closest == null) return null var data = point_and_distance($feature, closest); if (data == null) return null var lateral = create_line($feature, data["coordinates"]); return {"result": null, "edit": [{ "className": "lateral", "adds": [{"geometry": lateral}] } ] }</LI-CODE> Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:06:43 GMT MikeMillerGIS 2022-03-31T10:06:43Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-utility-network-questions/create-servicelines-automatically/m-p/1159395#M1668 <P>Hi everybody,</P><P>I just wonder if there is any way or any tool which helps me to create ServiceLines (Laterals) automatically within my UtilityNetwork. As fas as I remember, there was such a Tool in the previous Geometric Network fo ArcMap.<BR /><BR />Some ideas about how to do it?<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance!</P> Wed, 30 Mar 2022 14:12:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-utility-network-questions/create-servicelines-automatically/m-p/1159395#M1668 SergioOrdás 2022-03-30T14:12:01Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-utility-network-questions/create-servicelines-automatically/m-p/1159803#M1673 <P>We have played around doing this in Arcade and an attribute rule.</P><P>Here is the code if you want to try it out.</P><LI-CODE lang="javascript">function find_closest_line() { var line_class = FeatureSetByName($datastore, "line", ["objectid"], true); //var candidates = Intersects(line_class, Buffer($feature, 500, "miles")); var candidates = line_class; var shortest = [1e10, null]; for (var line in candidates) { var d = Distance($feature, line) if (d &lt; shortest[0]) shortest = [d, line] } return shortest[-1] } function point_and_distance(point_feature, other_feature) { /* finds the closest point from point_feature to other_feature Args: point_feature: Point Geometry other_feature: Point/Line/Polygon Geometry Returns: dictionary {distance: number, // distance from point_feature to closest point point: geometry, // the coordinate pair of the closest point isVertex: bool} // if the closest point is a vertex of other_feature */ var point_feature = Geometry(point_feature); var other_feature = Geometry(other_feature); var shape = TypeOf(other_feature); var vertices; if (shape == 'Point') { return {"distance": Distance(point_feature, other_feature), "coordinates": [other_feature["x"], other_feature["y"]], "isVertex": true} } else if (shape == 'Multipoint') { var points = other_feature["points"]; var shortest = [1e10, null]; for (var i in points) { var p = points[i] var dist = Distance(point_feature, p); if (dist &lt; shortest[0]) shortest = [dist, [p["x"], p["y"]]] } return {"distance": shortest[0], "coordinates": shortest[1], "isVertex": true} } else if (shape == 'Polyline') vertices = other_feature["paths"] else if (shape == 'Polygon') vertices = other_feature["rings"] else return null var x = point_feature["x"]; var y = point_feature["y"]; // Loop through each part of the geometry and each segment, tracking the shortest distance var shortest = [1e10]; for (var i in vertices) { var part = vertices[i]; var previous = part[0]; for (var j = 1; j &lt; Count(part); j++) { var current = part[j]; var result = pDistance(x, y, previous["x"], previous["y"], current["x"], current["y"]); if (result[0] &lt; shortest[0]) shortest = result previous = current; } } // Couldn't find anything if (Count(shortest) == 1) return null return {"distance": shortest[0], "coordinates": shortest[1], "isVertex": shortest[2]} } function pDistance(x, y, x1, y1, x2, y2) { // adopted from https://stackoverflow.com/a/6853926 var A = x - x1; var B = y - y1; var C = x2 - x1; var D = y2 - y1; var dot = A * C + B * D; var len_sq = C * C + D * D; var param = -1; if (len_sq != 0) //in case of 0 length line param = dot / len_sq; var xx, yy; var is_vertex = true; if (param &lt; 0) { xx = x1; yy = y1; } else if (param &gt; 1) { xx = x2; yy = y2; } else { is_vertex = false; xx = x1 + param * C; yy = y1 + param * D; } var dx = x - xx; var dy = y - yy; return [Sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy), [xx, yy], is_vertex]; } function create_line(start, end_coordinates) { var geo = Geometry(start); return Polyline({"paths": [[[geo["x"], geo["y"]], end_coordinates]], "spatialReference": geo["spatialReference"]}) } var closest = find_closest_line(); if (closest == null) return null var data = point_and_distance($feature, closest); if (data == null) return null var lateral = create_line($feature, data["coordinates"]); return {"result": null, "edit": [{ "className": "lateral", "adds": [{"geometry": lateral}] } ] }</LI-CODE> Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:06:43 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-utility-network-questions/create-servicelines-automatically/m-p/1159803#M1673 MikeMillerGIS 2022-03-31T10:06:43Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-utility-network-questions/create-servicelines-automatically/m-p/1159906#M1676 <P>Thanks for the answer Mike, I would like to have a more firendly user tool within the UN (as in the previous Geometric Network) but I will have to try it this way if no other option then.<BR />Thanks for the code and I will write a feedback if I finally have to use it</P> Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:13:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-utility-network-questions/create-servicelines-automatically/m-p/1159906#M1676 SergioOrdás 2022-03-31T15:13:41Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-utility-network-questions/create-servicelines-automatically/m-p/1159982#M1678 <P>I'll be trying that, I also really like those ArcMap tools Sergio mentions, thanks Mike.</P> Thu, 31 Mar 2022 18:05:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-utility-network-questions/create-servicelines-automatically/m-p/1159982#M1678 SSMIC3038 2022-03-31T18:05:48Z