topic Re: Modify/Update Feature Geometry in ModelBuilder Questions

Modify/Update Feature Geometry

jluong — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 20:22:52 GMT

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to create offsets of my line geometry to display different variations of the feature in an offset map.

To do this, I'd like to shift/move line features by a specified distance. Is there a way in ModelBuilder to modify the geometry's X,Y Centroid point and accomplish this?

I'm looking for something similar to the 'Shift' (Data Management Tools), which only works on Rasters 😞

Thank you

Re: Modify/Update Feature Geometry

SarahHartholt — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 20:33:26 GMT

Instead of creating a second layer that contains the same data, you can use the offset line options in the symbology properties of your feature class; assuming you have the variations stored in the attribute table.

Re: Modify/Update Feature Geometry

jluong — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 21:30:33 GMT

I was hoping to tackle this problem on the backend/geoprocessing side of things to maximize the automation of this process. That said, there seems to be no convenient (out of the box) solution so may need to resort to custom scripting.

Creating the offsets through the symbology is also an option I didn't fully consider, but this is a good fallback plan.

Thanks for the insight and quick response!