Multipatch to Polygons

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Converts a Multipatch feature class to a PolygonZ feature class. Several 3D characteristics are calculated for each polygon and stored in the polygon attribute table.

If the input Multipatch is constructed by Triangle Strips and Triangle Fan geometries, the resulting feature class can be treated as a PolygonZ TIN

Inputs:

  • A Multipatch feature class

Outputs:

  • New PolygonZ feature class. 
  • New fields are added to the attribute table of the Multipatch feature class.
    • ET_ElMin - minimum elevation values for each triangle
    • ET_ElMax - maximum elevation values for each triangle
    • ET_ElMean - mean elevation values for each triangle
    • ET_Slope_D - the slope (maximum rate of elevation change) of each triangle in Degrees (from 0 to 90)
    • ET_Sope_P - the slope (maximum rate of elevation change) of each triangle in percents (from 0 to 100%)
    • ET_Aspect - the aspect (compass direction of the slope - 0 is North, 90 degrees - East, 180 degrees - South, 270 - West)  of each triangle
    • ET_AreaZ - the 3D area of each triangle
    • ET_Area - the 2D area of each triangle

ToolBox implementation

Command line syntax

ETS_GPMultipatchToPolygon <Input Dataset>  <Out Feature Class>

Parameters

Expression Explanation
<Input Dataset> A Multipatch feature layer or feature class
<Out Feature Class> A String - the full name of the output feature class.

Scripting syntax

ETS_GPMultipatchToPolygon (Input Dataset, Out Feature Class)

See the explanations above:
<> - required parameter
{} - optional parameter

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