topic Minimum Bounding Geometry Orientation in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/minimum-bounding-geometry-orientation/m-p/236522#M8082 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm creating "square buffers" around a point.&nbsp; Using the buffer tool than taking the minimum bounding geometry of that buffer.&nbsp; I would like the square created from that to be orientated with one of the sides pointed up or North.&nbsp; When the bounding geometry feature is created the orientation that it is rotated is added as the "MBG_Orientation field in the attribute table.&nbsp; Is there a way to rotate the features based off of this field, or just North facing with out doing it manually in an edit session.&nbsp; I am trying to do this in Model builder.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 May 2013 14:03:32 GMT leewinslow1 2013-05-02T14:03:32Z Minimum Bounding Geometry Orientation https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/minimum-bounding-geometry-orientation/m-p/236522#M8082 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm creating "square buffers" around a point.&nbsp; Using the buffer tool than taking the minimum bounding geometry of that buffer.&nbsp; I would like the square created from that to be orientated with one of the sides pointed up or North.&nbsp; When the bounding geometry feature is created the orientation that it is rotated is added as the "MBG_Orientation field in the attribute table.&nbsp; Is there a way to rotate the features based off of this field, or just North facing with out doing it manually in an edit session.&nbsp; I am trying to do this in Model builder.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 May 2013 14:03:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/minimum-bounding-geometry-orientation/m-p/236522#M8082 leewinslow1 2013-05-02T14:03:32Z Re: Minimum Bounding Geometry Orientation https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/minimum-bounding-geometry-orientation/m-p/236523#M8083 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>If you have an ArcInfo (or "Advanced" in ArcGIS 10.1+ terms) level license, just use the </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00170000003q000000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ENVELOPE geometry option</A><SPAN>.&nbsp; If you don't have ArcInfo, download and use Dan Patterson's </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/file/geoprocessing/details?entryID=3D230972-1422-2418-34A5-2F3FFF97C238" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bounding Containers toolbox</A><SPAN>.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 03 May 2013 03:06:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/minimum-bounding-geometry-orientation/m-p/236523#M8083 Luke_Pinner 2013-05-03T03:06:23Z