Set Representation Control Point At Intersect (Cartography)

Summary

This tool is commonly used to synchronize boundary symbology on adjacent polygons. It creates a representation control point at vertices that are shared by one or more line or polygon features.

Illustration

Set Representation Control Point At Intersects

Usage

Syntax

SetRepresentationControlPointAtIntersect_cartography (in_line_or_polygon_features, {in_features})
ParameterExplanationData Type
in_line_or_polygon_features

The input line or polygon feature layer symbolized with a feature class representation.

Layer
in_features
(Optional)

The feature layer with coincident features. These features can be from a geodatabase, shapefile, or coverage.

Feature Layer

Code Sample

SetRepresentationControlPointAtIntersect tool Example (Python Window)

The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the SetRepresentationControlPointAtIntersect tool in immediate mode.

import arcpy
from arcpy import env
env.workspace = "C:\data"

arcpy.SetRepresentationControlPointAtIntersect_cartography("parcels.lyr", "roads.lyr")
SetRepresentationControlPointAtIntersect tool Example (stand-alone Python script)

This stand-alone script shows an example of using the SetRepresentationControlPointAtIntersect tool.

# Name: SetRepresentationControlPointAtIntersect_standalone_script.py
# Description: adds representation control points at locations where two or more features have coincident vertices
 
# Import system modules
import arcpy
from arcpy import env

# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:/data"

# Set local variables
in_line_or_polygon_features = "parcels.lyr"
in_features = "roads.lyr"

# Execute Set Representation Control Point At Intersect
arcpy.SetRepresentationControlPointAtIntersect_cartography(in_line_or_polygon_features, in_features)

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments

Related Topics

Licensing Information

ArcView: No
ArcEditor: No
ArcInfo: Yes

11/11/2011