topic Flat-ended buffers not flat in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/flat-ended-buffers-not-flat/m-p/478572#M16029 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am trying to construct flat-ended buffers along overlapping line segments.&nbsp; I need to be able to buffer the line width independently of the line length.&nbsp; That is, I do not want the additional length that is added with the round buffer ends because I need to be able to create a buffer that is wider (e.g., 800-m width) than it is long (e.g., 400-m long).&nbsp; I thought this would be quite simple.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I made my buffers with flat ends using the buffer analysis tool.</SPAN><BR /><PRE __default_attr="plain" __jive_macro_name="code" class="jive_macro_code jive_text_macro">arcpy.Buffer_analysis("DeploySegs_400m", "R:\AnnMarie\BufferDeploymentsMainChan\BuffDeploySegs_L400mW800m", "800 Meters", "FULL", "FLAT")</PRE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Unfortunately, I have </SPAN><A href="http://forums.esri.com/Thread.asp?c=93&amp;f=982&amp;t=273274#844018">the same problem that Dan Austin reported</A><SPAN> in January 2009.&nbsp; Here are my buffers with a problematic one selected:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>[ATTACH=CONFIG]22577[/ATTACH]</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there a solution for this yet?&nbsp; If not, has anyone figured out a work-around?&nbsp; I've got thousands of these buffers, so manually editing them isn't really an option.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:25:24 GMT Ann_MarieReinhold 2013-03-13T15:25:24Z Flat-ended buffers not flat https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/flat-ended-buffers-not-flat/m-p/478572#M16029 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am trying to construct flat-ended buffers along overlapping line segments.&nbsp; I need to be able to buffer the line width independently of the line length.&nbsp; That is, I do not want the additional length that is added with the round buffer ends because I need to be able to create a buffer that is wider (e.g., 800-m width) than it is long (e.g., 400-m long).&nbsp; I thought this would be quite simple.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I made my buffers with flat ends using the buffer analysis tool.</SPAN><BR /><PRE __default_attr="plain" __jive_macro_name="code" class="jive_macro_code jive_text_macro">arcpy.Buffer_analysis("DeploySegs_400m", "R:\AnnMarie\BufferDeploymentsMainChan\BuffDeploySegs_L400mW800m", "800 Meters", "FULL", "FLAT")</PRE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Unfortunately, I have </SPAN><A href="http://forums.esri.com/Thread.asp?c=93&amp;f=982&amp;t=273274#844018">the same problem that Dan Austin reported</A><SPAN> in January 2009.&nbsp; Here are my buffers with a problematic one selected:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>[ATTACH=CONFIG]22577[/ATTACH]</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there a solution for this yet?&nbsp; If not, has anyone figured out a work-around?&nbsp; I've got thousands of these buffers, so manually editing them isn't really an option.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:25:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/flat-ended-buffers-not-flat/m-p/478572#M16029 Ann_MarieReinhold 2013-03-13T15:25:24Z