How do I create a square of a defined area around my points?
I have attached a 10.6 version of the toolbox.
And this is the result:
It is very likely that you don't have 10.6 (yet) since it was released last week. In that case you can construct the toolbox in your version, using the .py that you can find in the ZIP attached.
In case you have any problems just let me know and I will include a description of how to configure the toolbox for your version.
So here are the steps involved...
Go to the folder where you want to create the toolbox and copy the python script in that same folder.
In the Catalog pane of ArcMap, go to that folder and create a new toolbox:
... and give it a recognizable name (not like I did in the example below):
Next yo can add the script by right clicking on the newly created toolbox and select Add, Script...:
and fill out the fields:
Click on "Next" (Siguiente in my case) to go to the next screen.
Browse to the script and select it and hit Next:
The the screen to enter the script parameters will appear:
Enter the following:
1) your first parameter, the point featureclass:
- Give it a display name (this is what the user will see)
- Select "Feature Layer" as display type
In the lower section of the screen, make sure it is required, Input and not a multi value (default options):
- For "Filter" select "Feature Class" and click on the button with the three dots to the right of it. This will show another dialog where you will only leave "Point" selected (this way only point feature layers van be selected):
Hit "OK" to close the dialog.
2) Width field
The second parameter is the width field:
Specify the display name and the data type "Field". In the lower section:
- Click on the button with the three dots and select the relevant field types (only numeric fields should be shown):
This will limit the number of fields that are selectable in the dialog to those that are numeric. Hit OK to close the dialog.
Below the "Filter" you can see that I selected "Input_point_features" as "Obtained from". This will retrieve the list of fields from the feature layer specified as first parameter:
3) the height parameter
The Height field shold be configured following the steps from parameter 2 (width). The only thing that changes is the Display name:
4) the ID field
The ID field is very similar to the previous two fields:
Only the display name is different and the list of field types when you specify the Filter in the lower part of the screen:
List of fields:
As you can see the ID field can also be text and OID. Include and exclude the field types as you wish.
5) the output rectangle featureclass
The last parameter is the output featureclass. This should be defined as "Feature Class":
Furthermore, the Direction should be configured as "Output".
Now you script tool has been configured and is ready to use.
