One point, one foot from end of lines?

[TomKearns]

Is there a tool which will place a point a specific distance from the end of a line?  I have a .shp with 2345 lines, all which need one single point about a foot from their end point.  These lines are being used for linear referencing so they are already created as routes.  Because there are so many, placing equidistant points all along the lines won't work.

Any tool or workaround would be helpful.

Thanks


Edit:  I tried the final post in this, but my table isn't working.  I cannot export it using arccatalog, and it wont join up with my route layer.
http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/32506-Point-features-from-the-edge-of-poygon?highlight=densify+poly...

[TimWitt]

Would this help?

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//001t00000029000000.htm

[TomKearns]

I tried that but I get an error saying "Point features could not be created. The map does not contain a point target. Add an editable point layer and / or a point template to the map"

[TimWitt]

Tom,

I think you need to add an empty point layer and use that as your "Template..." (Step 4), so that ArcGIS can create your points in there?

[TomKearns]

That allowed the edit to work, now I just need to figure out how to batch it for the 2300 routes.

Thanks

Edit:  Also I need to only place one point, one foot from the end.  It seems the only options are a single point in the middle, or points all along the line at the distance or measure.

[TimWitt]

Tom,

maybe pose that question in the python forum? I'm sure someone can help you there, I will look into it as well.

[TomKearns]

Will do, thanks.

[TimWitt]

You might be able to use the "Station Points" function with the free version of ET GeoWizards found here: http://www.ian-ko.com/

[TomKearns · Accepted solution]

We figured out a work around using XTools Convert Features to Points.

By creating the points with the unique ID we buffered (dissolving on the id), clipped the buffer from the route and then joined, giving a line the lenght of the buffer. We then used the XTools to create points on the new buffer length line and will spatial join them back to the routes.

Thanks for the help.