Removing Bezier curves

MichaelRyan — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:17:51 GMT

I am copying linear polyline features from one ArcSDE feature class to another. I have found that some of these features are, in fact, Bezier curves. I have a two part question:
1) Is there a way to easily identify the features that are Bezier curves?
2) Is there a way to convert such a feature to a non-Bezier feature?

Re: Removing Bezier curves

DanLee — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:27:05 GMT

For your question 2, you can check out the following tools:

1. Copy Features tool with output of shapefile. Curves will be turned into non-curve with densified vertices.
2. If you have ArcGIS 10 - ArcEditor license, you can use the Densify tool in Editing toolbox. Use the Maximum Deflection Angle or Maximum Offset Deviation option if you have a mix of straightline and curve segments in the same polyline. Make a copy of the original data for comparison - to see the difference.

For your question 1, I am not sure if there is a tool to identify/flag curve segments or lines. But once you have a new output using the above tools, you can use the Feature Compare tool to compare the original with the modified features.

Hope this helps.

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